Question
A module A has names from an import opened
or another module B, but if C imports A, it does not get those names. Please explain.
Answer
Here is some example code:
module A {
const a: int := 0
}
module B {
import opened A
const b: int := a; // This is A.a, known as a here because of the import opened
}
module C {
import opened B
const c: int := b; // This is B.b because of the import opened
const d: int := A.a; // B.A is known as A because of the import opened in B
const e: int := a; // ILLEGAL - opened is not transitive
}
The import opened
directive brings into the importing module all the names declared in the imported module,
including the names of modules from import statements in the importee, but not names introduced into the importee (here B
) by an import opened directive. opened
is not transitive. As shown in the example code, the names in A
are still available in C
by qualifying them.