• Russ Lewis <spamhole-2001-07-16 deming-os.org> Sep 16 2002
• Burton Radons <loth users.sourceforge.net> Sep 16 2002
• "Walter" <walter digitalmars.com> Sep 16 2002
• "Walter" <walter digitalmars.com> Sep 16 2002

Russ Lewis <spamhole-2001-07-16 deming-os.org> writes:

When a module has a "module" statement to change its module name, how
should other modules import it?  By file name, or module name?  If by
module name, what kind of search must the compiler perform to find the
appropriate module?

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Burton Radons <loth users.sourceforge.net> writes:

Russ Lewis wrote:
 When a module has a "module" statement to change its module name, how
 should other modules import it?  By file name, or module name?  If by
 module name, what kind of search must the compiler perform to find the
 appropriate module?


File name.  It's just to ensure that symbols are mangled using a global 
name rather than an import or local name; it's not used outside of that 
capacity.

"Walter" <walter digitalmars.com> writes:

"Burton Radons" <loth users.sourceforge.net> wrote in message
news:3D865645.7090505 users.sourceforge.net...
 Russ Lewis wrote:
 When a module has a "module" statement to change its module name, how
 should other modules import it?  By file name, or module name?  If by
 module name, what kind of search must the compiler perform to find the
 appropriate module?


 name rather than an import or local name; it's not used outside of that
 capacity.


It's also looking forward to implementations which would not need to rely on
the file system. There'd be more of a 'database' of modules.

"Walter" <walter digitalmars.com> writes:

"Russ Lewis" <spamhole-2001-07-16 deming-os.org> wrote in message
news:3D8642FA.E21573C7 deming-os.org...
 When a module has a "module" statement to change its module name, how
 should other modules import it?  By file name, or module name?  If by
 module name, what kind of search must the compiler perform to find the
 appropriate module?


Given the current limitations, it'll need to match the file name.