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What is your preferred import style (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 3 days ago by programmerlexi@sh.itjust.works to c/programming@programming.dev
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There are a few I'm aware of:

  1. Rust-style use (multiple imports per statement, renaming items using as)
  2. Java-style import (single import per statement, no renaming (afaik))
  3. Zig-style let xlib = @import("xlib") (imports as assignments)
  4. C-style #include (no importing, just pastes the code of the named file)
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[-] MyNameIsRichard@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

I'm most used to c style and as a result I like it because it's simple and uncomplicated. I recently started learning rust and quite like their way of doing it, although there's also mod and I haven't quite figured out when to use which. I just do what rust analyser tells me :)

[-] programmerlexi@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 days ago

use imports things (items, crates, modules), while mod defines a module (either in another file with a a semicolon or in the same file with curly braces)

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