# Is Julia able to export a module as another (aliased) name?

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**Tags:** question, package, development\
**Created:** [November 7, 2019, 2:33am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/is-julia-able-to-export-a-module-as-another-aliased-name/30814 "2019-11-07T02:33:37Z")\
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I just found another question: [Package Aliases?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/package-aliases/29334).

They introduce [`ImportMacros.jl`](https://github.com/fredrikekre/ImportMacros.jl) there.

I guess what I need to do is

```julia
module AVeryLongNamespace
using ImportMacros
@import AVeryLongNamespaceBase as ABase
@import AVeryLongNamespaceParsers as Parsers

export ABase, Parsers
end

```

It is good that [`ImportMacros.jl`](https://github.com/fredrikekre/ImportMacros.jl) create aliases of sub-packages, but it does not have the function of `Reexport`: reexporting symbols.

```julia
julia> using AVeryLongNamespace

julia> names(AVeryLongNamespace)
3-element Array{Symbol,1}:
 :ABase
 :Parsers
 :AVeryLongNamespace

```

However, when using `Reexport`, it also brings sub-packages into scope:

```julia
module AVeryLongNamespace
using Reexport
@reexport AVeryLongNamespaceBase
@reexport AVeryLongNamespaceParsers
end

```

```julia
julia> using AVeryLongNamespace

julia> names(AVeryLongNamespace)
5-element Array{Symbol,1}:
:something
:anotherthing
:AVeryLongNamespace
:AVeryLongNamespaceBase
:AVeryLongNamespaceParsers

```

Can I take the advatanges of both packages to let `names(AVeryLongNamespace)` to be

```julia
julia> names(AVeryLongNamespace)
5-element Array{Symbol,1}:
:something
:anotherthing
:AVeryLongNamespace
:Base
:Parsers

```

I understand it might be tricky to do this, but I just want to know is there any possibility.

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