Inline imports redivivus
user1234
user1234 at 12.de
Fri Jul 23 21:15:27 UTC 2021
On Friday, 23 July 2021 at 18:57:08 UTC, Steven Schveighoffer
wrote:
> On 7/23/21 9:55 AM, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
>> Mathias Lang just told me the bug preventing inline imports
>> from working has been fixed, so I reopened this:
>>
>> https://github.com/dlang/druntime/pull/1756
>>
>> I think it's a very useful facility, more clearly so for large
>> projects, and deserves a fair shake of the stick.
>>
>> If it works well in practice, a future language proposal could
>> take `_import!"std.datetime".SysTime` to the simpler and
>> better `import(std.datetime).SysTime`. Using it as a library
>> facility seems like a good step.
>
> No comments on the inline-import mechanism. I'm not too
> concerned with the problem it solves (I'm OK adding imports
> when needed).
>
> Just FYI, `import(somefilenamestring)` already is taken.
>
> -Steve
It's possible to make the difference during semantic. If the
expression between parens gives a StringExp -> ImportExpression,
if that gives a ModuleDeclaration -> the new inline import.
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