public import and bugs it causes

Walter Bright newshound1 at digitalmars.com
Sat May 15 10:32:40 PDT 2010


Alex Makhotin wrote:
> Excerpt from http://golang.org/doc/go_spec.html
>> Assume we have compiled a package containing the package clause 
>> package math, which exports function Sin, and installed the compiled 
>> package in the file identified by "lib/math". This table illustrates 
>> how Sin may be accessed in files that import the package after the 
>> various types of import declaration.
>>
>> Import declaration          Local name of Sin
>>
>> import   "lib/math"         math.Sin
>> import M "lib/math"         M.Sin
>> import . "lib/math"         Sin
>>
> 
> I think that's better than in D.
> By default it requires me to access fully qualified name of the global.
> Renamed import doesn't require '= '.
> Explicit period required to use exported name without prefix.
> I like less typing, I like the Go!

Yeah, but you have to type the two quotes. Too much typing for me!


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