[Grace-core] Module exports

[Kim Bruce]

I had thought about that earlier, but it seemed redundant.  If we label items at the top level public, isn't that the equivalent of marking them for export?

Kim



On Dec 6, 2012, at 8:03 AM, Andrew P. Black wrote:

> Interesting discussion of modules in the context of Klau's talk here at WG 2.16.  It's important for a module system to be able to export as well as import. Java lacks this.  An export facility lets you write a module whose role is to assemble bits from other modules, repackage them, add to them, and then export the parts of interest as a new module.
> 
> We should consider adding exports to Grace modules.  In fact, it may be that the difference between a Grace object and a Grace module is exactly that the module exports stuff (still as an object, perhaps.)
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> 	Andrew
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