Imports and Modules

Importing modules

Use the import statement to bring a module into scope:

import console

After importing, you can access the module's functions using dot notation:

console.println("Hello!")

Import statements should be placed at the top of the file, before any function definitions or other code.

Available modules

CColon currently ships with one built-in module:

Module	Description
console	Terminal output and user input

More standard library modules will be added in future releases.

How modules work

Modules in CColon are not files. They are built-in packages provided by the runtime. Each module exposes a set of functions that you call through dot notation after importing.

You must import a module before using it. If you try to use console.println without import console, you will get a runtime error:

// this will fail:
function main() {
    console.println("oops")    // error: undefined variable 'console'
}

Future: file imports

Support for importing other .ccl files as modules is planned for a future release.