Inline imports redivivus

[Andrei Alexandrescu]

On 7/23/21 5:15 PM, user1234 wrote:
> 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.

Yah but that'd be awfully confusing...