On Wed, 25 Aug 2004 16:30:38 -0700, Andy Friesen wrote:

> Ant wrote:
>>>>maybe that could be done on the import:
>>>>
>>>>import std.string; // std.string is added to the known scopes import std.string.*;// all of std.string into the present scope
>>>
>>>It's still an alias, whether you use the 'alias' keyword or not.
>> 
>> 
>> sure (see my other post on this thread) but at least we get rid of the token... it's not necessary here.
> 
> I think it is necessary.  Something that behaves like an alias really should look like one.
> 
> "Explicit is better than implicit." -- The Zen of Python, by Tim Peters

And here we go...
alias x.y.*    /* to what? */

In this case i would vote for complete python aliasing and using "from x import y" because that makes the operation even more explicit :)

peter.

On Thu, 26 Aug 2004 17:40:50 -0700, antiAlias <fu@bar.com> wrote:
> "Regan Heath" <regan@netwin.co.nz> wrote
>> > d) leave everything just as it is.  Q: how does one do an emoticon for
>> > the "bird" ?
>>
>> No idea.. how bout:
>>
>>              /´¯/)
>>            ,/¯  /
>>           /    /
>>      /´¯/'   '/´¯¯`·¸
>>   /'/   /    /       /¨¯\
>> ('(   ´   ´     ¯~/'   ')
>>   \                 '   /
>>    ''   \           _ ·´
>>      \              (
>>        \             \
>>
>> <g>
>
> Hey! Nice work, man :-)

I can't claim credit for it. Someone sent it to me at some stage in the past, I just kept it for those 'special' occasions.

Regan

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Regan Heath schrieb:

>> Hey! Nice work, man :-)
> 
> 
> I can't claim credit for it. Someone sent it to me at some stage in the past, I just kept it for those 'special' occasions.
> 
> Regan

Looke like an "ohase was there". And mind you, you don't want to get to know ohase. He is paranoid and terorrizes people on the net all the time. But don't worry, we are no our way to get his real name and adress. :)

-eye