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Currently, there seems to be no easy way to import only specific symbols from a module *at compile time*. For example, if I want to use a module that exports a whole ton of functions but I only one just one, I have to write something complicated like this: need Test; my &is := &Test::EXPORT::DEFAULT::is; This difficulty will result in many programmers trashing their namespaces out of convenience, resulting in hard-to-find bugs, especially when newer version of `use`d module introduces new subs. I propose we create another reserved import tag :SYM that will take a list of SYMbols we want to import, eg: use Test :SYM<&is &ok>; Although I'm ignorant of the implementation of the :ALL tag, I'd think implementing :SYM would be similar (you'd just grep for wanted symbols). Relevant IRC conversation: http://irclog.perlgeek.de/perl6/2016-05-07#i_12446098
