Module

In Nit, a program consists of a collection of modules. A module in Nit serves the following purposes:

• grouping classes and methods related to a single concern
• controlling visibility and name-spaces
• controlling Refinement of classes

Modules are connected by importation links (with the keyword import) and a Nit program is simply a module that imports all the other modules.

Note that the importation between modules cannot be circular.

By default, the module standard is imported by every modules. It contains some basic classes and methods usually expected by the developers.