Namespace Collisions – solved

[Abe _King_Participant]

̶M̶y̶ ̶p̶r̶o̶j̶e̶c̶t̶ ̶h̶a̶s̶ ̶3̶ ̶m̶o̶d̶u̶l̶e̶s̶,̶ ̶w̶h̶i̶c̶h̶ ̶a̶r̶e̶ ̶a̶l̶l̶ ̶u̶s̶e̶d̶ ̶a̶b̶o̶u̶t̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶s̶a̶m̶e̶,̶ ̶w̶h̶i̶c̶h̶ ̶h̶a̶v̶e̶ ̶m̶u̶l̶t̶i̶p̶l̶e̶ ̶i̶d̶e̶n̶t̶i̶c̶a̶l̶ ̶s̶y̶m̶b̶o̶l̶s̶.̶ ̶T̶h̶i̶s̶ ̶i̶s̶ ̶s̶l̶o̶w̶i̶n̶g̶ ̶d̶o̶w̶n̶ ̶m̶y̶ ̶p̶r̶o̶d̶u̶c̶t̶i̶v̶i̶t̶y̶ ̶a̶ ̶l̶o̶t̶;̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶w̶o̶r̶k̶a̶r̶o̶u̶n̶d̶s̶ ̶a̶r̶e̶ ̶r̶a̶t̶h̶e̶r̶ ̶p̶o̶o̶r̶ ̶a̶n̶d̶ ̶a̶l̶s̶o̶ ̶d̶o̶n̶’̶t̶ ̶p̶l̶a̶y̶ ̶n̶i̶c̶e̶l̶y̶ ̶w̶i̶t̶h̶ ̶a̶u̶t̶o̶c̶o̶m̶p̶l̶e̶t̶e̶.̶
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̶I̶s̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶r̶e̶ ̶a̶ ̶f̶e̶a̶t̶u̶r̶e̶ ̶t̶o̶ ̶g̶r̶o̶u̶p̶ ̶a̶ ̶n̶a̶m̶e̶s̶p̶a̶c̶e̶,̶ ̶o̶r̶ ̶r̶e̶f̶e̶r̶e̶n̶c̶e̶ ̶a̶ ̶n̶a̶m̶e̶s̶p̶a̶c̶e̶,̶ ̶u̶n̶d̶e̶r̶ ̶a̶ ̶d̶i̶f̶f̶e̶r̶e̶n̶t̶ ̶n̶a̶m̶e̶?̶ ̶I̶ ̶r̶e̶a̶l̶l̶y̶ ̶n̶e̶e̶d̶ ̶t̶h̶i̶s̶.̶
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̶I̶f̶ ̶y̶o̶u̶’̶r̶e̶ ̶t̶a̶k̶i̶n̶g̶ ̶r̶e̶q̶u̶e̶s̶t̶s̶,̶ ̶M̶a̶r̶k̶,̶ ̶w̶o̶u̶l̶d̶ ̶i̶t̶ ̶b̶e̶ ̶a̶ ̶q̶u̶i̶c̶k̶ ̶a̶d̶d̶i̶t̶i̶o̶n̶ ̶t̶o̶ ̶h̶a̶v̶e̶ ̶n̶a̶m̶e̶s̶p̶a̶c̶e̶ ̶a̶l̶i̶a̶s̶i̶n̶g̶?̶ ̶I̶f̶ ̶t̶h̶i̶s̶ ̶i̶s̶ ̶t̶o̶o̶ ̶m̶u̶c̶h̶ ̶t̶o̶ ̶a̶s̶k̶ ̶r̶i̶g̶h̶t̶ ̶n̶o̶w̶ ̶o̶r̶ ̶e̶v̶e̶r̶ ̶i̶s̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶r̶e̶ ̶a̶ ̶p̶r̶i̶c̶e̶ ̶I̶ ̶c̶a̶n̶ ̶p̶a̶y̶,̶ ̶o̶r̶ ̶e̶v̶e̶n̶ ̶c̶o̶n̶t̶r̶i̶b̶u̶t̶e̶,̶ ̶w̶h̶e̶r̶e̶ ̶y̶o̶u̶’̶d̶ ̶b̶e̶ ̶w̶i̶l̶l̶i̶n̶g̶ ̶t̶o̶ ̶g̶i̶v̶e̶ ̶i̶t̶ ̶a̶ ̶s̶h̶o̶t̶?̶
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̶T̶h̶a̶n̶k̶ ̶y̶o̶u̶!̶

I was completely wrong!

[DruggedBunnyParticipant]

Just to check… are you aware of the Namespace feature??

In the docs, it’s under Language -> Namespaces.

I imagine I haven’t fully grasped the question, though…

[Abe _King_Participant]

I actually looked in the documentation for namespace features before posting this, to make sure the feature I need doesn’t exist, and I could not find what I needed.

 

What I absolutely need is something found in every modern language:

javascript:      https://stackoverflow.com/a/39282290
python:           https://stackoverflow.com/a/29010729
dartlang:        https://stackoverflow.com/a/19723473     (even has a feature for hiding and showing specific names in a namespace)
C++:               https://stackoverflow.com/a/1211402 ( this is literally exactly what I’m saying we need )
C#:                  https://stackoverflow.com/a/509089
haxe:                https://haxe.org/manual/type-system-import.html#import-with-alias
visual basic!!!! https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/visual-basic/programming-guide/program-structure/namespaces#avoiding-name-collisions 

Monkey2 needs this — well, I really need it haha. This feature is found in literally every modern language.

[DruggedBunnyParticipant]

I just tried this for accessing std.graphics.Color:

 

Monkey

Alias Gfx:std.graphics blah = Gfx.Color.Red

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Alias Gfx:std.graphics   blah = Gfx.Color.Red

 

Guessing that’s not what you’re after? (In conjunction with the Namespace keyword?)

If not, I shall STFU… I’m not a real programmer, just been faking it for 35+ years!

[Abe _King_Participant]

I hope that works because every time I tried that the compiler would throw some weird error. At least it did every time I tried yesterday! My intuition was to assume it did, but for some reason, it always said my reference didn’t exist – even though it was imported . . .

And you’re absolutely a programmer, I hope I didn’t come across as implying anything against that! I did look in the documentation to make sure I wasn’t doing anything wrong or if it was documented but there was nothing about this being possible in the documentation so I finalized my findings that way.

I justed tested it, and it’s working – you’re a life saver

[DruggedBunnyParticipant]

Woo-hoo! No, I just assume I don’t really know what’s going on, as I’m not a pro… I’ve never used this stuff, but glad to hear that was it anyway!

[AmonParticipant]

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I just assume I don’t really know what’s going on

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At least yours is an assumption on you not knowing what’s going on whereas mine is a fact on me not knowing what’s going on.

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