I still like [my old proposal](https://forum.nim-lang.org/t/3061) for the use
keyword (instead of from ... import nil). Then import means "import into
namespace"; use means "use with a prefix".
Both can be used with the from, except, and as keywords:
from mymodule import myproc # put myproc() in global namespace
from mymodule use myproc # must use mymodule.myproc()
use mymodule except mybadproc, myotherproc
use mymodule as m
from mymodule import myproc as mygoodproc
Run
That last line proposes the ability to specify the name of identifier being
imported.
Like I just said in [the dir thread](https://forum.nim-lang.org/t/4156), maybe
Nim needs a stdlib module for compile-time module introspection (similar to
what nimsuggest does externally).
You could then combine those two features, (dir and from mymodule [use|import]
X as Y) to write whatever macros you want, like:
import macros
macro importWithPrefix*(moduleName, prefix: string): untyped =
result = newStmtList()
for id in dir($moduleName):
let targetId = $prefix & id
result.add parseStmt("from " & $moduleName & " import " & id & " as " &
targetId)
Run
(NOTE: just conceptual pseudocode here...)
