Hiding import behaviour

Alexander Berntsen alexander at plaimi.net
Fri Oct 17 07:32:15 UTC 2014


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On 17/10/14 00:40, Austin Seipp wrote:
> Maybe there are some cases today where something like this could 
> happen, but this seems awfully, awfully implicit and hard-to-follow
> as a language feature.
> 
> In general I think a program that has imports like this that may
> clash can be automated to make it easier to manage - but ultimately
> such imports tend to represent a complex relationship between a
> module and its dependencies - I'd prefer it if these were as clear
> as possible.
Very strong +1 from me. It seems awfully implicit and obscure for very
little benefit, and it may mean quite a bit of work for tool developers.
- -- 
Alexander
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