On 04-Nov-1998, Jan Skibinski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Some languages have a renaming mechanism, which allows
> to retain old functions under the names different than
> the original ones. This is not the same as "hiding".
No, but you can simulate it very easily using "hiding":
instead of
import Foo renaming bar as baz
you have
import Foo hiding bar
baz = Foo.bar
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