[Issue 314] [module] Static, renamed, and selective imports are always public

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--- Comment #42 from Marco Leise <Marco.Leise at gmx.de> 2013-02-24 17:22:23 PST ---
(In reply to comment #21)
> In my understanding, "import std.stdio : writefln;" only imports the name
> "writefln", not "std" and "writefln". If the user wants "std", he has to write
> "static import std.stdio;". I would assume your example is invalid and is
> expected to fail.
> 
> Why would the user do "import std.stdio : writefln;" if he doesn't use writefln
> directly? Is "std.stdio.writefln" the only name he's supposed to be able to use
> here? If yes, what the hell is the use of that?

The use case is this:

import std.stdio : File;
import std.stream : File;
...
new std.stream.File(...);

There is no reason for that to fail.

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