[Bug 1705] [FS] technical: 5.2 Module Declaration: cyclical imports from bugzilla@wiggum.w3.org on 2005-07-20 (public-qt-comments@w3.org from July 2005)

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------- Additional Comments From jmdyck@ibiblio.org  2005-07-20 00:46 -------
(In reply to comment #1)
> We believe that the Formal Semantics specification does not require these
> rules, as cyclic module import is explicitly outlawed (see section 4.11 Module 
> Import).

Ahem. "However, it is a static error [err:XQST0073] if the graph of module
imports contains a cycle ..., <em>unless all the modules in the cycle share a
common namespace</em>."

Note that the cases I consider fall under the "unless" clause.

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