import error (import must appear at top of file)

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Nate the Great

(Posted 2009) [#1]

Hi,

I was trying to make a .bmx file that I include and this .bmx file imports a bunch of c stuff at the very beginning. The problem is, even if I put include before anything else in the main program, it says import must appear at top of file.. heres a basic example of what im talking about.

game.bmx

include "get_externs.bmx"

'do game stuff here

get_externs.bmx

Import "fastmaths.c"

Extern

Function fsqr:Float( s:Float )="fsqr"

End Extern

am i doing something wrong?
can you import from an include?

Jesse

(Posted 2009) [#2]

I believe you get that when import is included in anything other than the main file.

try using include instead of import.

Dreamora

(Posted 2009) [#3]

you can not import in an included file
Import must appear in the main file.

markcw

(Posted 2009) [#4]

I assume it because include is before import that it causes the error.

Why not just import "get_externs.bmx"?

Nate the Great

(Posted 2009) [#5]

importing get_externs.bmx did the trick.

I just didnt know you could import a .bmx :p

Thanks for the help!