Import all types from a module

Feature Requests Engine Features
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Very common pattern:

  • ModuleScript MyThingModule provides common code and types
  • Scripts MyThingServer and MyThingClient require MyThingModule
  • MyThingServer and MyThingClient use common types throughout, but they need to either explicitly import them or add “MyThingModule.” to the beginning of every type reference.

It makes sense to me that a script such as MyThingServer or MyThingClient, which primarily uses the module MyThingModule would want to have all the relevant types readily accessible without going through a namespace. But this is very annoying to do right now. I want something simple that does this for me.

Current:

type A = MyThingModule.A
type B = MyThingModule.B
type C = MyThingModule.C
-- etc

Proposed:

type import MyThingModule

Additional common pattern: Many projects have a single module called Types or something similar that’s required by most scripts in the game, which provides common types used throughout the project. Type import makes this much less annoying to do.

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You can already do this

local MyThingModule = require(...)

local foo: MyThingModule.A = ...
local bar: MyThingModule.B = ...

Though I do agree there should be a way to statically import types without having to use the runtime require function.

EDIT: Okay I just understood what you meant.. the types would exist as if they were defined in the same script. Poor reading comprehension on my end. This should probably be a thing but having types under some namespace can also still be a good thing. I support this.

3

Maybe import type to be consistent with export type

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You may want to leave your suggestion in the RFC for import syntax, though it has already been mentioned in the discussion.