static import (v2.071.0)

[Vladimir Panteleev via Digitalmars-d-learn]

On Wednesday, 11 May 2016 at 14:26:37 UTC, Vladimir Panteleev 
wrote:
> On Wednesday, 11 May 2016 at 14:24:03 UTC, Chris wrote:
>> I was wondering if
>>
>> `static import std.file;`
>>
>> `if (exists(file))`
>>
>> will only import `std.file.exists` or the whole lot of 
>> `std.file`? I want to find out what the best strategy for 
>> imports is now.
>
> Modules are always imported wholesale as far as code generation 
> / linking is concerned.

To elaborate - this doesn't imply that the code of everything in 
that module will always be placed in the executable. The exact 
details depend on the implementation and configuration (see e.g. 
GCC's -ffunction-sections).