Import concerns revisited

[Dave]

jcc7 wrote:
 > In article <e90enb$2cbl$1 at digitaldaemon.com>, Dave says...
 >> Walter Bright wrote:
 >>> kris wrote:
 >>>> Walter Bright wrote:
 >>>>> Ivan Senji wrote:
 >>>>>
 >>>>>> Sure I could use
 >>>>>>
 >>>>>> static import m2;
 >>>>>> alias m2.func f2;
 >>>>>>
 >>>>>> And that would be an improvement but it is still longer (and 
arguably
 >>>>>> less understandable) than:
 >>>>>>
 >>>>>> import m2.func as f2; ;) :)
 >>>>>
 >>>>> Let's say you're going to do more than one:
 >>>>>
 >>>>> static import m2;
 >>>>> alias m2.func f2;
 >>>>> alias m2.abcd f3;
 >>>>> alias m2.efgh f4;
 >>>>>
 >>>>> vs:
 >>>>>
 >>>>> import m2.func as f2;
 >>>>> import m2.abcd as f3;
 >>>>> import m2.efgh as f4;
 >>>>>
 >>>>> Not much of a difference. I'm also not understanding why alias is 
hard to understand.
 >>>>
 >>>> You've seen the requested syntax for this option, Walter. Let's 
revisit it again:
 >>>>
 >>>> # with m2 import func, abcd, efgh;
 >>> The equivalent would be:
 >>>
 >>>     with m2 import func as f2, abcd as f3, efgh as f4;
 >> Just curious, why not:
 >>
 >> import from m2 func as f2, abcd as f3, efgh as f4;
 >> or
 >> import with m2 func as f2, abcd as f3, efgh as f4;
 >>
 >> because then it is more consistent both for D (all imports start 
with 'import') and in pure english language terms (starts with a verb 
instead of a preposition like other C-lineage languages do with their 
/include/import/using).
 >
 > I think something like these are even better (though in the end it's 
going to be
 > an opinion thing):
 >
 > import m2 = f2, abcd = f3, efgh = f4;
 > import m2 : f2, abcd : f3, efgh : f4;
 >
 > I don't know why "as" would be used as an identifier, but D already 
has enough
 > keywords! ;)
 >

With one clarification:

import theAlias = theSymbol; // right associative
import theSymbol : theAlias;

or even simpler (and matching alias syntax)

import theSymbol theAlias;

Either one fine by me!

 > jcc7