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authorBoris Kolpackov <boris@codesynthesis.com>2017-09-06 18:25:58 +0200
committerBoris Kolpackov <boris@codesynthesis.com>2017-09-06 18:25:58 +0200
commit5fc2fb9470751370d212978d04d8004fffb0c075 (patch)
tree7feff62d6dddf7b4f20e58a841c5c56206f10906 /doc
parent2f1988e89e07437be4d76a39242cde7ab13cf946 (diff)
Minor C++ Modules documentation update
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@@ -801,16 +801,32 @@ redeclared.
This visibility semantics suggests that modules are not a name scoping
mechanism and are orthogonal to namespaces. Specifically, a module can export
-names from any number of namespaces, including the global namespace. While
-the module name and its namespace names need not be related, it usually makes
-sense to have a parallel naming scheme, as discussed below.
+names from any number of namespaces, including the global namespace. While the
+module name and its namespace names need not be related, it usually makes
+sense to have a parallel naming scheme, as discussed below. Finally, the
+\c{import} declaration does not imply any additional visibility for names
+declared inside namespaces and to access such names we must continue using the
+standard mechanisms, such as qualification or using declaration/directive.
+For example:
+
+\
+import hello.core; // Exports hello::say().
+
+say (); // Error.
+hello::say (); // Ok.
+
+using namespace hello;
+say (); // Ok.
+\
Note also that from the consumer's perspective a module does not provide
any symbols, only C++ entity names. If we use a name from a module, then we
may have to satisfy the corresponding symbol(s) using the usual mechanisms:
link an object file or a library that provides them. In this respect, modules
are similar to headers and as with headers module's use is not limited to
-libraries; they make perfect sense when structuring programs.
+libraries; they make perfect sense when structuring programs. Furthermore,
+a library may also have private or implementation modules that are not
+meant to be used by the library's users.
The producer perspective on modules is predictably more complex. In
pre-modules C++ we only had one kind of translation unit (or source
@@ -1347,7 +1363,7 @@ the preferred approach.
Module interface units are by default installed in the same location as
headers (for example, \c{/usr/include}). However, instead of relying on a
header-like search mechanism (\c{-I} paths, etc.), an explicit list of
-exported modules is listed for each library in its \c{.pc} (\c{pkg-config})
+exported modules is provided for each library in its \c{.pc} (\c{pkg-config})
file.
Specifically, the library's \c{.pc} file contains the \c{modules} variable