Why no import.* in Ruby?

luislavena · November 21, 2011, 9:56am

Have a look at:

rubyists/ebeats-implementations/blob/master/ebeats_widget/src/org/rubyists/ebeats_widget/Start.mirah

package org.rubyists.ebeats_widget

import java.util.Calendar
import java.util.TimeZone

import android.app.Activity
import android.app.AlarmManager
import android.app.PendingIntent
import android.appwidget.AppWidgetManager
import android.appwidget.AppWidgetProvider
import android.content.BroadcastReceiver
import android.content.ComponentName
import android.content.Context
import android.content.Intent
import android.os.Bundle
import android.os.SystemClock
import android.util.Log
import android.widget.RemoteViews
import android.widget.TextView

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Why does Ruby not use import?

quik77 · November 21, 2011, 12:17pm

Why?

What do you think is missing from Ruby? What would having a Javaesque
import actually achieve?