Hi,
Currently when we import a single or a few functions from a module this is
the syntax to do it:
import Record, only: [defrecord: 2, extract: 2]
As this is something that is something quite common to do in a module, the
syntax can be more user-friendly in my opinion.
1. The notation for a function is captured in data, while normally we
describe functions with the function/arity notation
2. By default it imports *everything*, as this is often not what you
want, it might be better to make it more explicit
3. Aesthetics, but that might be personal, I think it does not read as
nice
So how about having something like below syntax in the language:
import defrecord/2, extract/2 from Record
import * from Record
This might be hard to implement, other candidates could be:
import {defrecord/2, extract/2}, from: Record
import {*}, from: Record
As it might be easier to implement in the language using macros.
(while we keep the existing import macro around.)
Let me know what you think!
Cheers,
Jaap
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