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digitalmars.D.bugs - [Issue 10378] New: Local imports hide local symbols

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           Summary: Local imports hide local symbols
           Product: D
           Version: D2
          Platform: All
        OS/Version: All
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: DMD
        AssignedTo: nobody puremagic.com
        ReportedBy: peter.alexander.au gmail.com



06:51:39 PDT ---
Imports local to a function are able to hide local symbols, which can lead to
subtle breakage when libraries change and unexpected behaviour:

void main()
{
    import std.stdio;
    string message = "Hello, world!";
    writeln(message);
}

Here, if a symbol "message" was added to std.stdio then the function would use
that message instead of the local message. This could cause subtle breakage
when users update to libraries that have added new symbols.

Local imports should behave the same as module-level imports, except the
symbols are only visible in the local scope. This prevents any sort of
unexpected behaviour without hindering the power of local imports. Ambiguous
names can always be disambiguated using full symbol qualification.

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next sibling parent d-bugmail puremagic.com writes:
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Martin Krejcirik <mk krej.cz> changed:

           What    |Removed                     |Added
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
             Status|NEW                         |RESOLVED
                 CC|                            |mk krej.cz
         Resolution|                            |DUPLICATE



*** This issue has been marked as a duplicate of issue 7329 ***

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prev sibling parent d-bugmail puremagic.com writes:
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Peter Alexander <peter.alexander.au gmail.com> changed:

           What    |Removed                     |Added
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             Status|RESOLVED                    |REOPENED
         Resolution|DUPLICATE                   |



11:44:54 PDT ---
Example was invalid, here's a better one:

string message = "Hello, world!";
void main()
{
    import std.stdio;
    writeln(message);
}

Also, re-opening. This isn't a dupe. The other bug is just that the semantics
are undocumented, not that the behaviour is incorrect. If the current behaviour
is documented then the other bug may be closed, but this bug will still be
present, so they are not the same bug.

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