[Bug-kawa] [bug #48347] Exception on import of class with public instance fields and without no-args ctor

[Per Bothner]

Update of bug #48347 (project kawa):

                  Status:                    None => Invalid                
             Assigned to:                    None => bothner                

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Follow-up Comment #1:

The import form, when used in that variant, requires Example to be a "module
class" or at least Kawa tries to view it as such, which it isn't, for various
reasons, including that it doesn't have a default constructor.

Kawa import is not the same as Java import.  (import Example)
means "import the public names of (fields in) Example into the current
scope".
For static fields there is no problem, but for instance fields it first tries
to construct an instance.

This should be a compile-time error, I admit.

There is no need for the import if Example is in the default package: just use
Example directory.

Otherwise read: http://www.gnu.org/software/kawa/FAQs.html
If Example is in package p, then you could do:
(import (class p Example))

More useful reading:
http://www.gnu.org/software/kawa/Module-classes.html
http://www.gnu.org/software/kawa/Importing.html


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