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We propose a principle that it's always possible to inline the import of a library from within the same package without changing the meaning of or diagnostics applied to the code. This is similar to the textual inlining of an `#include` statement in C++, but is slightly less general. Cross-package imports place the imported names inside the name scope of the package, so inlining those necessarily changes the paths for name lookup. --------- Co-authored-by: josh11b <15258583+josh11b@users.noreply.github.com> Co-authored-by: Carbon Infra Bot <carbon-external-infra@google.com>
Principles
Some language goals will have widely-applicable, high-impact, and sometimes non-obvious corollaries. We collect concrete language design principles in this directory as a way to document and clarify these. Principles clarify, but do not supersede, goals and priorities. Principles should be used as a tool in making decisions, and to clarify to contributors how decisions are expected to be made.
A key difference between a principle and the design of a language feature is that a principle should inform multiple designs, whereas a feature's design is typically more focused on achieving a specific goal or set of goals. The principle can help achieve consistency across those multiple designs.
Note that these principles seek to establish both the approaches the project wants to pursue, as well as those we want to exclude.