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4968 :: exporting API from submodules

• hugogranstrom (orginal) [2019-06-25T18:31:51+02:00] view original

  I have divided my package into submodules and would like to export their API via the main module so all submodules can be imported by just importing it.

  /src

  --- testPackage.nim --- /testPackage ------- submodule1.nim ------- submodule2.nim ------- submodule3.nim I have put a "*" in front of all I want to export in the submodules already, what should I now write in testPackage.nim? Many thanks in advance :-D

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• kaushalmodi (orginal) [2019-06-25T19:14:07+02:00] view original

  import testPackage/submodule1 export submodule1 import testPackage/submodule2 export submodule2 import testPackage/submodule3 export submodule3

  Run

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• leorize (orginal) [2019-06-25T19:35:37+02:00] view original

  Make a nim file of your choice (testPackage/prelude.nim), with the following content

  import testPackage / [submodule1, submodule2, submodule3]
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  Then just include testPackage/prelude and all of your imports should be there.

  This approach is used by Karax.

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• hugogranstrom (orginal) [2019-06-25T22:12:16+02:00] view original

  Thanks both of you :-) Is there any advantages of using one over the other (for bigger project perhaps)?

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• leorize (orginal) [2019-06-26T03:59:43+02:00] view original

  The way I shown just avoids the import/export pair :p If you have more advanced needs (ie. import all module in a folder), then some macro magic can be used.

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