Allow UseModule in DeclareModule to export inherited identifiers.
For example:
Code:
DeclareModule Triangle
#Triangle=1
EndDeclareModule
Module Triangle
EndModule
DeclareModule Square
#Square=2
EndDeclareModule
Module Square
EndModule
DeclareModule Pentagon
#Pentagon=3
EndDeclareModule
Module Pentagon
EndModule
DeclareModule Shapes
UseModule Triangle
UseModule Square
UseModule Pentagon
EndDeclareModule
Module Shapes
EndModule
Debug Shapes::#Triangle
This results in the following error:
Quote:
Constant not found: #Triangle.
To work around this we have to do this:
Code:
DeclareModule Shapes
#Triangle=Triangle::#Triangle
EndDeclareModule
This duplicates code and is error prone due to tight coupling.
Note that this is scoped in DeclareModule which is public. The same behavior would not occur for UseModule on a Module block which is private.