On Sat, 2014-03-15 at 13:32, moham...@computer.org wrote: > I would like to know what is the difference between "import" and "using"? > When is it advantageous to use either of them?
https://groups.google.com/d/msg/julia-users/xbsdu8Ob4cw/FcJyBZQYfIwJ there Kevin says: Briefly: 1. "using MyModule" imports all of the exported functions of MyModule into the current namespace 2. "import MyModule" imports the module name; functions can be called with "MyModule.fn(x,y)" 3. "import MyModule: fn1, fn2" imports the functions "fn1" and "fn2" into the current namespace 4. "require("somefile.jl")" loads a particular file. This is useful when: a. you have a script or some bare function definitions you wish to load/execute from another file or at the REPL b. a file defines a module with a different name than the filename (as in my answer to #1 above) > On Mar 15, 2014 3:18 PM, "Steven G. Johnson" <stevenj....@gmail.com> wrote: > >> >> >> On Friday, March 14, 2014 2:33:27 PM UTC-4, Ivar Nesje wrote: >>> >>> I think you should be able to use the fully qualified name >>> >>> Winston.plot(...) >>>> >>>> >>>> >> Note also that if are intending to access the functions via the fully >> qualified names you should do >> >> import Winston >> >> instead of "using Winston" >> >> You can also define a shortcut via e.g. >> >> import Winston >> const W = Winston >> W.plot(....) >>
