Renaming is out of scope for this proposal, that’s why.

> On Jul 20, 2016, at 1:26 PM, Brandon Knope <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> I prefer this 100x more
> 
> Is there any reason why this wouldn't work?
> 
> Brandon 
> 
> On Jul 20, 2016, at 4:13 PM, Xiaodi Wu <[email protected] 
> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
> 
>> Yeah, I'd be happy to lose the parentheses as well.
>> 
>> In the last thread, my take on simplifying the proposed syntax was:
>> 
>> ```
>> import Swift using String, Int
>> 
>> // or, for hiding:
>> import Swift using Int as _
>> ```
>> 
>> The key simplification here is that hiding doesn't need its own contextual 
>> keyboard, especially if we support renaming (a huge plus in my book), as 
>> renaming to anything unused (or explicitly to `_`) is what hiding is all 
>> about.
>> On Wed, Jul 20, 2016 at 15:01 Brandon Knope <[email protected] 
>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>> 
>> 
>> On Jul 20, 2016, at 3:08 PM, Xiaodi Wu via swift-evolution 
>> <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>> 
>>> As Joe and others mentioned in the previous thread, this syntax could be 
>>> greatly simplified in ways that resemble analogous facilities in other 
>>> languages. In particular I think it's alarmingly asymmetrical that, in your 
>>> proposal, `import Swift using (String)` imports *only* String while `import 
>>> Swift hiding (String)` imports *everything but* String. This becomes 
>>> evident when chained together:
>>> 
>>> ```
>>> import Swift using (String, Int)
>>> // imports only String and Int
>>> import Swift using (String, Int) hiding (String)
>>> // imports only Int
>>> import Swift hiding (String, Int)
>>> // imports everything except String and Int
>>> import Swift hiding (String, Int) using (String)
>>> // imports *nothing*? nothing except String? everything except Int? 
>>> confusing.
>>> ```
>>> 
>>> By contrast, Joe's proposed syntax (with some riffs) produces something 
>>> much more terse *and* much more clear:
>>> 
>>> ```
>>> import Swift.*
>>> import Swift.(Int as MyInt, *)
>>> import Swift.(Int as _, *)
>>> ```
>> 
>> I really don't find this much clearer than the proposed one. The proposal 
>> reads much clearer. 
>> 
>> Joe's syntax has a lot going on in my opinion.
>> 
>> For the proposal, do we really need the parentheses? It makes the syntax 
>> look heavier
>> 
>> Brandon 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On Wed, Jul 20, 2016 at 1:52 PM, Robert Widmann via swift-evolution 
>>> <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>>> Hello all,
>>> 
>>> I’d like to thank the members of the community that have guided the 
>>> revisions of this proposal.  We have decided to heed the advice of the 
>>> community and break down our original proposal on modules and qualified 
>>> imports into source-breaking (qualified imports) and additive (modules) 
>>> proposals.  As qualified imports is the change most suited to Swift 3, we 
>>> are pushing that proposal now as our final draft.
>>> 
>>> It can be had inline with this email, on Github 
>>> <https://github.com/apple/swift-evolution/pull/440>, or as a gist 
>>> <https://gist.github.com/CodaFi/42e5e5e94d857547abc381d9a9d0afd6>.
>>> 
>>> Thanks,
>>> 
>>> ~Robert Widmann
>>> 
>>> Qualified Imports Revisited
>>> 
>>> Proposal: SE-NNNN 
>>> <https://gist.github.com/CodaFi/NNNN-first-class-qualified-imports.md>
>>> Authors: Robert Widmann <https://github.com/codafi>, TJ Usiyan 
>>> <https://github.com/griotspeak>
>>> Status: Awaiting review
>>> Review manager: TBD
>>> 
>>>  
>>> <https://gist.github.com/CodaFi/42e5e5e94d857547abc381d9a9d0afd6#introduction>Introduction
>>> 
>>> We propose a complete overhaul of the qualified imports syntax and 
>>> semantics.
>>> 
>>> 
>>>  
>>> <https://gist.github.com/CodaFi/42e5e5e94d857547abc381d9a9d0afd6#motivation>Motivation
>>> 
>>> The existing syntax for qualified imports from modules is needlessly 
>>> explicit, does not compose, and has a default semantics that dilutes the 
>>> intended meaning of the very operation itself. Today, a qualified import 
>>> looks something like this
>>> 
>>> import class Foundation.Date
>>> This means that clients of Foundation that wish to see only Date must know 
>>> the exact kind of declaration that identifier is. In addition, though this 
>>> import specifies exactly one class be imported from Foundation, the actual 
>>> semantics mean Swift will recursively open all of Foundation's submodules 
>>> so you can see, and use, every other identifier anyway - and they are not 
>>> filtered from code completion. Qualified imports deserve to be first-class 
>>> in Swift, and that is what we intend to make them with this proposal.
>>> 
>>> 
>>>  
>>> <https://gist.github.com/CodaFi/42e5e5e94d857547abc381d9a9d0afd6#proposed-solution>Proposed
>>>  solution
>>> 
>>> The grammar and semantics of qualified imports will change completely with 
>>> the addition of import qualifiers and import directives. We also introduce 
>>> two new contextual keywords: using and hiding, to facilitate fine-grained 
>>> usage of module contents.
>>> 
>>> 
>>>  
>>> <https://gist.github.com/CodaFi/42e5e5e94d857547abc381d9a9d0afd6#detailed-design>Detailed
>>>  design
>>> 
>>> Qualified import syntax will be revised to the following
>>> 
>>> import-decl -> import <import-path> <(opt) import-directive-list>
>>> import-path -> <identifier>
>>>             -> <identifier>.<identifier>
>>> import-directive-list -> <import-directive>
>>>                       -> <import-directive> <import-directive-list>
>>> import-directive -> using (<identifier>, ...)
>>>                  -> hiding (<identifier>, ...)
>>> This introduces the concept of an import directive. An import directive is 
>>> a file-local modification of an imported identifier. A directive can be one 
>>> of 2 operations:
>>> 
>>> 1) using: The using directive is followed by a list of identifiers for 
>>> non-member nominal declarations within the imported module that should be 
>>> exposed to this file. 
>>> 
>>> // The only visible parts of Foundation in this file are 
>>> // Foundation.Date, Foundation.DateFormatter, and Foundation.DateComponents
>>> //
>>> // Previously, this was
>>> // import class Foundation.Date
>>> // import class Foundation.DateFormatter
>>> // import class Foundation.DateComponents
>>> import Foundation using (Date, DateFormatter, DateComponents)
>>> 2) hiding: The hiding directive is followed by a list of identifiers for 
>>> non-member nominal declarations within the imported module that should be 
>>> hidden from this file.
>>> 
>>> // Imports all of Foundation except `Date`
>>> import Foundation hiding (Date)
>>> As today, all hidden identifiers do not hide the type, they merely hide 
>>> that type’s members and its declaration. For example, this means values of 
>>> hidden types are still allowed. Unlike the existing implementation, using 
>>> their members is forbidden.
>>> 
>>> // Imports `DateFormatter` but the declaration of `Date` is hidden.
>>> import Foundation using (DateFormatter)
>>> 
>>> var d = DateFormatter().date(from: "...") // Valid
>>> var dt : Date = DateFormatter().date(from: "...") // Invalid: Cannot use 
>>> name of hidden type.
>>> d.addTimeInterval(5.0) // Invalid: Cannot use members of hidden type.
>>> Import directives chain to one another and can be used to create a 
>>> fine-grained module import:
>>> 
>>> // This imports Swift.Int, Swift.Double, and Swift.String but hides 
>>> Swift.String.UTF8View
>>> import Swift using (String, Int, Double) 
>>>              hiding (String.UTF8View)
>>> Directive chaining occurs left-to-right:
>>> 
>>> // This says to 1) Use Int 2) Hide String 3) rename Double to Triple.  It 
>>> is invalid
>>> // because 1) Int is available 2) String is not, error.
>>> import Swift using (Int) hiding (String)
>>> // Valid.  This will be merged as `using (Int)`
>>> import Swift using () using (Int)
>>> // Valid.  This will be merged as `hiding (String, Double)`
>>> import Swift hiding (String) hiding (Double) hiding ()
>>> // Valid (if redundant). This will be merged as `using ()`
>>> import Swift using (String) hiding (String)
>>> Because import directives are file-local, they will never be exported along 
>>> with the module that declares them.
>>> 
>>> 
>>>  
>>> <https://gist.github.com/CodaFi/42e5e5e94d857547abc381d9a9d0afd6#impact-on-existing-code>Impact
>>>  on existing code
>>> 
>>> Existing code that is using qualified module import syntax (import 
>>> {func|class|typealias|class|struct|enum|protocol} <qualified-name>) will be 
>>> deprecated and should be removed or migrated. 
>>> 
>>> 
>>>  
>>> <https://gist.github.com/CodaFi/42e5e5e94d857547abc381d9a9d0afd6#alternatives-considered>Alternatives
>>>  considered
>>> 
>>> A previous iteration of this proposal introduced an operation to allow the 
>>> renaming of identifiers, especially members. The original intent was to 
>>> allow file-local modifications of APIs consumers felt needed to conform to 
>>> their specific coding style. On review, we felt the feature was not as 
>>> significant as to warrant inclusion and was ripe for abuse in large 
>>> projects.
>>> 
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