[julia-users] Re: Using ModX: Can scope avoid collisions & improve readability?

[Patrick O'Leary]

On Saturday, February 28, 2015 at 11:06:38 AM UTC-6, MA Laforge wrote:
>
> C++ provides "using namespace X" to "make available" the contents of X to 
> the current scope.  This even works on un-named scopes within a function:
>

(etc.)

I know this is something that's come up before, and I think rejected--I 
think because it causes conflicts with multiple dispatch? But I can't seem 
to find the thread(s).

I can't create a hard conflict in a quick mental search for an example, but 
I can create some level of confusion:

module Foo
    bar::Int = 1
end

module Baz
    bar::Float64 = 27.3
    with module Foo # not current Julia syntax
        bar #which bar is this?
    end
end