Module imports anywhere

[Brian Smith]

On 10/22/06, Bulat Ziganshin <bulat.ziganshin at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hello Henning,
>
> Sunday, October 22, 2006, 5:48:11 PM, you wrote:
>
> > I don't see the benefit of allowing imports anywhere at top-level.
>
> it is useful to move together imports and related code. say:
>
> #if HUGS
> import Hugs.Base
> addInt = hugsAddInt
> #elseif GHC
> import GHC.Base
> addInt = ghcAddInt
> #endif


If imports were allowed everywhere, then would exports be allowed everywhere
too, for the same reasons?

Regards,
Brian
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