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IDL43 — Importing a name scope recursively imports all name scopes nested within it

  • Key: IDL43-35
  • Status: open  
  • Source: Airbus Group ( Mr. Oliver M. Kellogg)
  • Summary:

    The section Imports contains

    The effects of an import statement are as follows:

    • [...]
    • Importing a name scope recursively imports all name scopes nested within it.

    This looks counter intuitive to me.

    Example:

    module commontypes {
       module nested1 {
          enum RGBColor { RED, GREEN, BLUE };
       }
       module nested2 {
          enum TrafficLight { READ, YELLOW, GREEN };
       }
    };
    

    What happens if another module does "import commontypes"?

    If, as the standard says, all name scopes nested within "commontypes" are recursively imported then this would lead to errors:
    The enum values RED and GREEN would be directly visible and would be in conflict with each other.

  • Reported: IDL 4.2 — Mon, 29 Jun 2020 07:47 GMT
  • Updated: Wed, 7 Dec 2022 15:26 GMT