Prof A Olowofoyeku (The African Chief) wrote:

On 12 Feb 2003 at 05:45, Frank Heckenbach wrote:

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But it should be possible with moderate effort to implement something like

export Foo = all (FileMode => GPC_FileMode);

so one won't have to name all interface declarations, but only the re-exports and renamings explicitly.

Ok. I'd rather not touch any EP stuff (e.g., modules) at all. However, if that is going to be the only realistic option, then I guess it would have to do ...

Even when QI will work sometime, I think export renaming is still the better solution (shorter to write, and a little more efficient), so you might as well get used to it. :-)

As I said, the problem currently is that the syntax given above doesn't work yet, but you'd have to name all regular exports in the `export' clause as well.

Any opinions (also from others interested) on whether I should add this feature, and if so, with the syntax above or differently?

I can't see many responses to this, so perhaps I am the only one who needs it. The syntax that you suggest above is quite fine by me.

I can imagine using it myself if I turn `System' into a module to resolve the `Integer = Integer (16)' issue, as suggested by Emil.

So I'll try to implement it like this.

Frank