Use

The use item in the Cairo programming language is used to make an item from another module directly accessible in the current module.

mod foo {
    fn bar() {
        // ...
    }
}

// Bring the `bar` function into the current module.
use foo::bar;

fn main() {
    bar();
}

The syntax for use is use path::to::item;, where path::to::item is as described in Paths. The position of the use item does not matter (like any other item), but it is recommended to put them in the beginning of the module.

Aliasing

The use item can also be used to alias an item:

// Bring the `bar` function into the current module and alias it to `baz`.
use foo::bar as baz;

fn main() {
    baz();
}

Cycles

The use item can lead to an import cycle:

mod foo {
    use super::bar;
}
use foo::bar;

In this case, the compiler throws an error.