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From: Vladimir Prus (ghost_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-05-16 07:28:31


David Abrahams wrote:
> Vladimir Prus <ghost_at_[hidden]> writes:
> > David Abrahams wrote:
> >> Because the project-rules module gets "cloned" into the user's
> >> projects, and because its rules import path and project, these
> >> modules will be automatically available in the user's project. Is
> >> that what we want?
> >
> > No, we don't want that. I wonder if "import" should import the rules as
> > *local* names, so that cloning don't pick them....
>
> I'm not sure what you're asking, exactly.
>
> import foo ;
>
> does bring in foo's names as qualified names local to the invoking module.

Will those names be listed as result of RULENAME rule? If not, then
clone-rules won't import them.

- Volodya

 


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