Boo

Support extension methods declared in an imported namespace without importing the type itself

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  • Type: Improvement Improvement
  • Status: Open Open
  • Priority: Minor Minor
  • Resolution: Unresolved
  • Affects Version/s: None
  • Fix Version/s: None
  • Component/s: Compiler
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Description

Currently Boo only recognize extensions if the type declaring them is imported.
People expect Boo to be compatible with C# where importing a namespace makes available any extensions defined in any of its types.
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BOO-937 Support CLR 3.5 Extension Methods Minor Resolved

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Avishay Lavie added a comment -

Changed title and description to more accurately describe the issue.

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Logan Barnett added a comment -

I found this to be pretty confusing when I went to use some pre-built extension methods the first time. Is there a large benefit seen from importing the type directly? To me it feels like you need to know the intimate details of the library's somewhat inner workings. For example, if I do using System.Linq; in C# I get everything Linq has. If I do import System.Linq.Enumerable in Boo, I might get everything?

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Logan Barnett added a comment - I found this to be pretty confusing when I went to use some pre-built extension methods the first time. Is there a large benefit seen from importing the type directly? To me it feels like you need to know the intimate details of the library's somewhat inner workings. For example, if I do using System.Linq; in C# I get everything Linq has. If I do import System.Linq.Enumerable in Boo, I might get everything?

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