Is there anyway to use exported class/function without importing a module? Consider this example:

System.ixx

export module System;

export class String {...};

System2.ixx

export module System2;

export class String {...};

Is there anyway to use it like System::String or System2::String? Obviously when I import both modules I get a compiler error.

CodePudding user response：

Modules change how you access code from multiple files, but that's all they do. They do not (for the most part) affect the fundamental nature of C as a language.

C already has a tool for managing name conflicts between disparate libraries and source locations: namespaces. As such, C modules have no need to solve a problem that has adequately already been resolved.