Re: use & imports

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Cool.  I'll take a look at this.

On Thu, 2003-04-17 at 14:29, Andrew Sutherland wrote:
> Miles Egan <[email protected]> writes:
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> > Is there any way to use a module without dumping all of its exports int=
o
> > the local namespace?  Generally I prefer to use explicit namespace
> > prefixes.
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> > miles
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> A while back I added use/mangle.  Assuming it hasn't gone away, my
> original post still holds.  I think that provides what you want. It
> goes a little something like this:
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> -----
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> Anonymous CVS (see info at Wiki) now has use/mangle support checked
> in. This is relevant for those of you who want to do things like:
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>  (use/mangle tests/manglea a:)
>  (use/mangle tests/mangleb b:)
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>  (a:func-a)
>  (a:func-b)
>  (b:func-a)
>  (b:func-b)
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> All it does is import everything exported by the module in question,
> but with the given prefix mangled on to the binding name.
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> For those who were desiring module:binding, this is equivalent to what
> you wanted, although it's usable for other things too. For example,
> you could also bind on "mail-" instead, or something like that.
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> This should help deal with the instinct of prefixing method names
> yourself, out of a fear of name collisions. (Eg, earlier I found
> myself prefixing "mail-" onto functions just because I was concerned
> about binding collisions with something more important.) Note that I
> am one of those people would ideally like a unified generic system
> without the constraints on the number of parameters, but this is a
> useful thing regardless, and very helpful in the short term.
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> Andrew
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Miles Egan <[email protected]>

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