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import locality with function parameters
February 02

Hello,

I seem to recall that there is surprising template to import a module and get a type from it inside the declaration of the type of a parameter to a function, so that the module need not be imported outside of the function definition. I think there was a blog article some years ago about this where there was some indication that this or something with equivalent effect would be incorporated into D in some way.

How do I define a function with a parameter that is a type in an outside module while keeping module import local to that definition?

February 02

On Friday, 2 February 2024 at 00:29:51 UTC, Carl Sturtivant wrote:

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Hello,

I seem to recall that there is surprising template to import a module and get a type from it inside the declaration of the type of a parameter to a function, so that the module need not be imported outside of the function definition. I think there was a blog article some years ago about this where there was some indication that this or something with equivalent effect would be incorporated into D in some way.

How do I define a function with a parameter that is a type in an outside module while keeping module import local to that definition?

Are you thinking of this?

https://dlang.org/phobos/object.html#.imported

-Steve

February 02

On Friday, 2 February 2024 at 01:23:11 UTC, Steven Schveighoffer wrote:

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Are you thinking of this?

https://dlang.org/phobos/object.html#.imported

-Steve

Yes! Glad it's now part of D.
Thank you.