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Expand Up @@ -154,8 +154,8 @@ In contrast,
julia> import .NiceStuff
```

brings *only* the module name into scope. Users would need to use `NiceStuff.DOG`, `NiceStuff.Dog`, and `NiceStuff.nice` to access its contents. Usually, `import ModuleName` is used in contexts when the user wants to keep the namespace clean.
As we will see in the next section `import .NiceStuff` is equivalent to `using .NiceStuff: NiceStuff`.
brings *only* the module name into scope. Users would need to use `NiceStuff.DOG`, `NiceStuff.Dog`, and `NiceStuff.nice` to access its contents.
As we will see in the next section `import .NiceStuff` is equivalent to `using .NiceStuff: NiceStuff`. Usually, `import ModuleName` or `using ModuleName: ModuleName` is used in contexts when the user wants to keep the namespace clean.

You can combine multiple `using` and `import` statements of the same kind in a comma-separated expression, e.g.

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