Malcolm Wallace writes:
> I submit that the way `hiding' clauses are ignored is a vestige from
> the days when it was not possible to have overlapped module renamings.
> Now that overlapped renamings are possible, the `hiding' clauses
> should be permitted to take effect.
I think you're right. It's inconsistent that you can specify which
qualified identifiers are imported using 'import A ( foo, bar )' but not
using the hiding form.
The following two sentences could just be deleted from point 2, section
5.3: "The hiding clause only applies to unqualified names. In the
previous example, the name M.C is brought into scope. A hiding clause
has no effect in an import qualified declaration."
Cheers,
Simon
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