Modules

• Separate namespaces

  • for types, variables, functions
    • avoid the need for prefixed names (eg: gtk_...)
    • avoid the need to prefix inside the module

• Facilities to import/export names

  • the module can choose what is exported
  • ability to choose what to import
    • possibility to alias/rename when importing

• 1 avoid name clashes

• 1 provide abstraction via information hiding (encapsulation)

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