[Issue 453] When importing modules compiler can not distinguish between directory and file

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------- Comment #4 from digitalmars-com at baysmith.com  2006-10-25 18:22 -------
(In reply to comment #3)
> Cannot fix because if name were both a module and a directory name,
> 
>     import name;
>     import name.foo;
> 
> the two uses of name could not be distinguished.
> 

Why is that? The documentation states the following:

The Identifier preceding the rightmost are the packages  that the module is in.
The packages correspond to directory names in the source file path.

Therefore, I would interpret the first import statement as importing the module
name, and the second import statement as importing the module foo in the
package name.

Can't packages be distinguished from modules?


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