export

export given container children to current scope

Parameters

export module :dictionary :object :module

Attributes

all export everything, regardless of whether it's been marked as public (makes sense only for modules)

Returns

  • :nothing

Examples

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greeting: module [
greet: method.public [user :string][
    print ~"Hello, |user|!"
]
        ]

        export greeting!

        greet "Anonymous"   ; Hello, Anonymous!

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; You can't use private methods
        greeting: module [
greet: method [user :string][
    print ~"Bye, bye, |user|!"
]
        ]

        export greeting!

        greet "Anonymous"
        ; Cannot resolve requested value
        ;
        ; Identifier not found: 
        ;     greet
        ;
        ; ┃ File: example.art
        ; ┃ Line: 9
        ; ┃ 
        ; ┃    7 ║  ]
        ; ┃    8 ║  
        ; ┃    9 ║► export greeting!
        ; ┃   10 ║  
        ; ┃   11 ║  greet "Anonymous"
        ; 
        ; Hint: Perhaps you meant... greeting ?
        ;                     or... repeat ?
        ;                     or... greater? ?

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; You can export private functions using the `.all` attribute
        greeting: module [
greet: method [user :string][
    print ~"Bye, bye, |user|!"
]
        ]

        export.all greeting!

        greet "Anonymous" ; Bye, bye, Anonymous!

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