Neil Mitchell wrote:
Hi
declaration with a regular syntax. For example:
import Data.Map as Map unqualified (Map, (\\)) qualified (lookup, map, null) hiding (filter)
I think I prefer this to my proposal, plus its closer to the current syntax. I think its also nearly equal to what Tom Davie came up with, given some keyword renaming. If we dropped the unqualified keyword, and just required unqualified things to come directly after, we get the full benefits of not introducing any keywords.
Just to say that I also like this design. A minor point would be; do we really need the parentheses and commas? or could we not just use indentation (I think this about module imports in general). Also I wouldn't mind 'as' for the names which are imported which would be a bit of a work around for the debate as to whether I should design my modules for qualified import or not. Suppose I make a 'NewList' module and use the default names then someone could do: import Data.NewList unqualified map as nlMap find as nlFind lookup as nlLookup or vice-versa. regards allan -- The University of Edinburgh is a charitable body, registered in Scotland, with registration number SC005336.