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One of D's core design decision was to be consistent and avoid corner cases
in the language.
One of D's core design decisions was for the language to be consistent and avoid corner cases.
This is called [_turtles all the way down_](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turtles_all_the_way_down).
One good example for this consistency are `import`s.
One good example of this consistency are `import`s.

## Imports

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An `import` statement __does not__ need to appear at the top of a source file.
It can also be used locally within functions or any other scope.
In the following chapters you will see that this applies to almost all concepts in D. The language doesn't impose arbitrary restrictions on you.
In the following sections you will see that this applies to almost all concepts in D. The language doesn't impose arbitrary restrictions on you.

### Selective imports

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and its modules are referenced through `import std.MODULE`.

The `import` statement can also be used to selectively
import certain symbols of a module:
import only certain symbols from a module:

import std.stdio : writeln, writefln;

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D's module system — in contrast to other systems — is entirely based on files.
For example, `my.cat` always refers to a file `cat.d` in the folder `my/`.
The folder `my` needs to be in the current working directory or
in one of the explicitly specified directory imports (`-I`).
in one of the explicitly specified import directories (`-I`).
Lastly, to ease splitting big modules up into multiple smaller files,
instead of `cat.d`, a folder `cat/` could be used as well.
The D compiler would then try to load `my/cat/package.d` instead of `my/cat.d`.
instead of `cat.d`, a folder `cat/` could be used instead. In this case,
the D compiler would then try to load `my/cat/package.d` instead of `my/cat.d`.

The convention (but not a hard rule) for `package.d` files is to publicly import
all other modules in the same folder.
all the other modules in the same folder.

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