racket/collects/scribblings/guide/module-provide.scrbl
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#lang scribble/doc
@(require scribble/manual
scribble/eval
"guide-utils.ss")
@title[#:tag "module-provide"]{Exports: @racket[provide]}
By default, all of a module's definitions are private to the
module. The @racket[provide] form specifies definitions to be made
available where the module is @racket[require]d.
@specform[(provide provide-spec ...)]{}
A @racket[provide] form can only appear at module level (i.e., in the
immediate body of a @racket[module]). Specifying multiple
@racket[_provide-spec]s in a single @racket[provide] is exactly the
same as using multiple @racket[provide]s each with a single
@racket[_provide-spec].
Each identifier can be exported at most once from a module across all
@racket[provide]s within the module. More precisely, the external name
for each export must be distinct; the same internal binding can be
exported multiple times with different external names.
The allowed shape of a @racket[_provide-spec] is defined recursively:
@;------------------------------------------------------------------------
@specspecsubform[identifier]{
In its simplest form, a @racket[_provide-spec] indicates a binding
within its module to be exported. The binding can be from either a
local definition, or from an import.
}
@;------------------------------------------------------------------------
@specspecsubform[#:literals(rename-out)
(rename-out [orig-id export-id] ...)]{
A @racket[rename-out] form is similar to just specifying an identifier,
but the exported binding @racket[orig-id] is given a different name,
@racket[export-id], to importing modules.
}
@;------------------------------------------------------------------------
@specspecsubform[#:literals(struct-out)
(struct-out struct-id)]{
A @racket[struct-out] form exports the bindings created by
@racket[(struct struct-id ....)].
@guideother{See @secref["define-struct"] for information on
@racket[define-struct].}
}
@;------------------------------------------------------------------------
@specspecsubform[#:literals (all-defined-out)
(all-defined-out)]{
The @racket[all-defined-out] shorthand exports all bindings that are
defined within the exporting module (as opposed to imported).
Use of the @racket[all-defined-out] shorthand is generally
discouraged, because it makes less clear the actual exports for a
module, and because Racket programmers get into the habit of
thinking that definitions can be added freely to a module without
affecting its public interface (which is not the case when
@racket[all-defined-out] is used).
}
@;------------------------------------------------------------------------
@specspecsubform[#:literals (all-from-out)
(all-from-out module-path)]{
The @racket[all-from-out] shorthand exports all bindings in the module
that were imported using a @racket[_require-spec] that is based on
@racket[module-path].
Although different @racket[module-path]s could refer to the same
file-based module, re-exporting with @racket[all-from-out] is based
specifically on the @racket[module-path] reference, and not the module
that is actually referenced.
}
@;------------------------------------------------------------------------
@specspecsubform[#:literals (except-out)
(except-out provide-spec id ...)]{
Like @racket[provide-spec], but omitting the export of each
@racket[id], where @racket[id] is the external name of the binding to
omit.
}
@;------------------------------------------------------------------------
@specspecsubform[#:literals (prefix-out)
(prefix-out prefix-id provide-spec)]{
Like @racket[provide-spec], but adding @racket[prefix-id] to the
beginning of the external name for each exported binding.
}