Module in java and luan at the same time

We should be able to have a single module partly implemented in Java and and partly in Luan at the same time. For example, we could have a "Node" module implemented in Java (NodeLib.java) and still have some methods implemented in Luan in a file called Node.luan. Any code that requires the module "Node" would have access to all methods together. This simplifies the code organization. Right now I am creating files like "User_Utils.luan" just to add methods to the "User" module. So I have to require "User_Utils" and "User" wherever that code is needed. It would be simpler if I could require just "User" and have everything ready for use. What do you think?

We don't want special rules that distinguish between Java and Luan modules.  So I think of this as "User_Utils" subclassing "User".  Let's change the names "User_Utils" to "User" and "User" to "Java_User" so that now "User" subclasses "Java_User".  The implementation of this is:

require "Java_User"
User = Java_User
Package.loaded.User = User

We can change the "module" command to take a second parameter to do this.

module("User","Java_User")

fschmidt wrote

We can change the "module" command to take a second parameter to do this.

module("User","Java_User")

Yes. Maybe something more intuitive?

module "User" extends "Java_User"

"module" is a function, so your syntax doesn't work.

Okay, let's use your syntax then.

done in rev 97

This can now be done like this in "User.luan":

_ENV = require "Java_User"

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You can close this.

Okay, closing thread.