Import proposals (Discuss)

[Tyro]

In article <optcgd2ruo23k2f5 at nrage>, Regan Heath says...
>
>More random musings.. if we have a syntax that reads:
>
>import std.stdio as foo;
>
>which imports the symbols in std.stdio into a namespace called 'foo',  
>preventing access as just "writefln" requiring "foo.writefln" then what  
>happens in a case like this:
>
>--[a.d]--
>import std.stdio;
>template foo { writefln("Hello World"); }
>
>--[b.d]--
>import std.stdio as foo;
>
>void main() {
>   mixin foo;
>}
>
>?
>
>Regan


Well, as far as I can see you should get an error telling you that foo is not a
template. Now if you meant for the first line in [b.d] to read:

import a as foo;

Then I think we have a different issue. But since the programmer when through
the trouble of importing into a named scope, this should be a no braner. In
order to access the foo template , he needs to code explicitly.

:--[b.d]--
:import a as foo;
:
:void main() {
:   mixin foo;     // Error, foo is not a template
:   mixin foo.foo; // Ok
:}

Andrew