VKvkjv·May 22, 2016
Substack did a similar thing with NPM, but for C.
https://github.com/substack/dotc
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A few years ago, someone created dotc [0], which lets you use node-style require and export in C.
With that said, from skimming the document, I'm not a big fan of this variation of imports. You're dumping everything from the library into your environment. IMO, this makes it really difficult to trace code and figure out where stuff comes from.
For comparison, with ES6 you specify what you're importing and from where you're importing it:
import * as Foo from './Foo'
import { bar, baz } from './Bar'
When I see baz() used in my code, I know that I can look in the Bar file for its definition.
Isn't this a concern? I must recognize, though, that I've barely touched C++, so maybe I just don't know any better.
[0] https://github.com/substack/dotc
In Proposal for a packaging system for C++ [pdf]Have you seen dotc [0]?
[0] https://github.com/substack/dotc
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