Cannot glob import the crate root.

[retep998]

The following does not compile.

mod foo {
    use *;
    pub fn meow(){bar()}
}
pub fn bar(){}
fn main(){foo::meow()}

Also tried use ::*; use {*}; and use ::{*};.

I'm not sure why we don't support this case. Maybe nobody felt anyone would ever use it? It sure would be nice to have in winapi.

[keeperofdakeys]

If I understand correctly, you should be able to do use super::*;. http://is.gd/xipavD

[retep998]

Yes that is a workaround but not a solution. It's rather unfriendly to arbitrarily nested modules as you'd end up with things like use super::super::super::*;. We allow importing items directly from the crate root, and we allow glob imports in other paths that are relative to the crate root, so missing the simple case of glob importing the crate root itself seems like an oversight.