Setting aside whether or not the existing functionality is intuitive or 
not, this isn't actually a proposal. You aren't suggesting an alternative.

On Thursday, September 21, 2017 at 10:17:12 AM UTC-4, Krzysztof Wende wrote:
>
> Right now when we import a module A
>
> defmodule CurrentA do
>   def public1, do: 1
>   def public2, do: 2
>   def public3, do: 3
> end
>
>
> defmodule CurrentA do
>   import CurrentA, only: [public1: 0]
>   import CurrentA
>   
>   def test, do: public2() # No problem whatsoever
> end
>
> But whenever we add `except` to it
>
> defmodule CurrentA do
>   def public1, do: 1
>   def public2, do: 2
>   def public3, do: 3
> end
>
>
> defmodule CurrentA do
>   import CurrentA, only: [public1: 0]
>   import CurrentA, except: [public3: 0]
>   
>   def test, do: public2() # undefined function public2/0
> end
>
> We get an error of inexistent function. For me it feels super 
> counter-intuitive.
>
> Thoughts?
> Cheers,
> Krzysztof
>

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