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What is your preferred import style (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 1 day ago by programmerlexi@sh.itjust.works to c/programming@programming.dev

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There are a few I'm aware of:

Rust-style use (multiple imports per statement, renaming items using as)
Java-style import (single import per statement, no renaming (afaik))
Zig-style let xlib = @import("xlib") (imports as assignments)
C-style #include (no importing, just pastes the code of the named file)

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[–] dan@upvote.au 3 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

You also don't have to use imports at all in C# code - you can just reference everything absolutely using the full namespace and class name.

That's a big difference compared to the other languages. C# automatically loads the correct assembly (.NET library) on the first call to something contained within it, whereas languages like Python require an import statement because that's what loads the library. I don't think autoloading is very common - C#, PHP, Ruby and Perl use it, but I can't think of other languages that do.

[–] programmerlexi@sh.itjust.works 2 points 14 hours ago

Rust & Java also do this