[m-users.] Import only notations from a module?

[Mark Brown]

On Wed, Jul 17, 2024 at 7:56 PM Anders Lundstedt
<mercury-users at anderslundstedt.se> wrote:
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> On Mon, Jul 15, 2024 at 5:17 AM Mark Brown <mark at mercurylang.org> wrote:
> > I'd also like to be able to define name equivalences for things other
> > than types, modes and insts
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> I would really like such a feature!
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> > > I would be fine with having to redefine notations, as for example in
> > > the following non-compiling attempt (which does compile if one imports
> > > the list module and removes my attempt at redefining the notations).
> >
> > Redefining them as functions loses some information, since there's
> > things we know about constructors that don't apply to functions
> > generally. In particular, when constructors are viewed as functions:
> >  - they are injective
> >  - their ranges are disjoint
>
> Yeah, I figured that ought to be the problem. I guess your suggestion
> of additional name equivalences would solve it?

I was wishing, same as you. My suggestion was that wishing would be
the easy part :-)

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> On Sat, Jul 13, 2024 at 1:53 PM Anders Lundstedt
> <mercury-users at anderslundstedt.se> wrote:
> > I like using ‘use_module’ instead of ‘import_module’ since this forces
> > me to properly qualify names. However, some notations would be nice to
> > have—in particular, list notations.
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> All in all, I gather that right now it is not possible to accomplish
> what I want?

No, you have to take the interface that the module author gives you.

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> Best,
>
> Anders