import locality with function parameters

[Steven Schveighoffer]

On Friday, 2 February 2024 at 00:29:51 UTC, Carl Sturtivant wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I seem to recall that there is surprising template to import a 
> module and get a type from it inside the declaration of the 
> type of a parameter to a function, so that the module need not 
> be imported outside of the function definition. I think there 
> was a blog article some years ago about this where there was 
> some indication that this or something with equivalent effect 
> would be incorporated into D in some way.
>
> How do I define a function with a parameter that is a type in 
> an outside module while keeping module import local to that 
> definition?

Are you thinking of this?

https://dlang.org/phobos/object.html#.imported

-Steve