[Octave-bug-tracker] [bug #51688] support for "import" keyword

[Rik]

URL:
  <http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?51688>

                 Summary: support for "import" keyword
                 Project: GNU Octave
            Submitted by: rik5
            Submitted on: Tue 08 Aug 2017 09:00:15 AM PDT
                Category: Interpreter
                Severity: 1 - Wish
                Priority: 5 - Normal
              Item Group: Matlab Compatibility
                  Status: Confirmed
             Assigned to: None
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             Open/Closed: Open
         Discussion Lock: Any
                 Release: dev
        Operating System: Any

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Details:

To continue Matlab compatibility, Octave needs support for the import keyword
which allows a programmer to bring symbols from a different scope into the
local scope.  See https://www.mathworks.com/help/matlab/ref/import.html.

Although functions can always be used with their fully qualified names, it can
be tedious to do so.  For example,


s = java.lang.String ("Hello World");


If Java strings are going to be used throughout the code it makes the code
more readable if the symbol can be imported.


import java.lang.String;
s = String ("Hello World");







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