Proposal: Package aliases

[Ary Borenszweig]

Bill Baxter wrote:
> I think it would be convenient if packages could be aliased.

I'm really amazed that this is a problem. For example in Java, I almost 
never need to worry about the name of a package or if the package name 
is long, or how many characters I'll have to write in the import. Why? 
Simply because I use an IDE that does that for me. So instead of 
worrying about structuring a source file just to get the imports right, 
aliasing imports and making things shorter, I just need to worry about 
the problem I need to solve, algorithms, etc.

If you have only one way to import a module, than it becomes simple: you 
don't have to think how you'll import import it, you just do it.

I also find useless and confusing to alias imported symbols like "import 
foo : bar = baz"... who actually uses that? What for?

Just some thoughts...

(I'm sorry I always mention an IDE and stuff like that, but the point 
is, I can focus on the problem instead of on the structure of the source 
file)