http://ayende.comAyende @ RahienCopyright (C) Ayende Rahien 2004 - 2021 (c) 202660This has something similar, I actually use this for deployment with some additions that make it work like running a .bat file http://www.members.optusnet.com.au/~olegshilo/ http://ayende.com/2857/boo-imports-new-usages#comment7http://ayende.com/2857/boo-imports-new-usages#comment7Fri, 12 Oct 2007 11:24:29 GMTAvish, Because then I get into the usual pre-processor errors. In other words, the code that I write and the code that the compiler sees are two different steps. It also means that I now need to think about the file structure. Imagine: "file_to_include.boo" import X import Y someVar = 0 "including_file.boo" #include file_to_include.boo import Z print "Hi" Using a preprocessor will produce uncompilable code. http://ayende.com/2857/boo-imports-new-usages#comment6http://ayende.com/2857/boo-imports-new-usages#comment6Fri, 12 Oct 2007 10:57:53 GMTMy point is that you don't need knowledge of the AST. Why write a "load that file, look for import statements and copy them here" when all you need is "load that file and copy it here"? http://ayende.com/2857/boo-imports-new-usages#comment5http://ayende.com/2857/boo-imports-new-usages#comment5Fri, 12 Oct 2007 10:29:29 GMTAlso, overkill? That is about 30 lines of code. http://ayende.com/2857/boo-imports-new-usages#comment4http://ayende.com/2857/boo-imports-new-usages#comment4Thu, 11 Oct 2007 13:43:27 GMTI wouldn't call it preprocessor, not when it is has knowledge of the language AST. http://ayende.com/2857/boo-imports-new-usages#comment3http://ayende.com/2857/boo-imports-new-usages#comment3Thu, 11 Oct 2007 13:43:19 GMTI agree, this sounds interesting. The WS example in particular. However, the last example looks more like an #include to me. Boo needs a preprocessor, and writing a compiler step that just copies imports from one file to another is very specialized overkill, when all you need is a preprocessor supporting #include and #define. http://ayende.com/2857/boo-imports-new-usages#comment2http://ayende.com/2857/boo-imports-new-usages#comment2Thu, 11 Oct 2007 13:37:33 GMTThis definitely sounds interesting.... http://ayende.com/2857/boo-imports-new-usages#comment1http://ayende.com/2857/boo-imports-new-usages#comment1Wed, 10 Oct 2007 22:58:41 GMT