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extern mod inside of module doesn't work as expected #4677

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It doesn't seem possible to use 'extern mod' inside of a module.

in file cratey.rs:

#[ link(name = "cratey",
        vers = "0.1",
        uuid = "418CE8FB-DE11-4FEF-BC71-E3F36047696F") ];

#[ crate_type = "lib" ];

pub fn add1 (x : int) -> int { x + 1 }

In the same directory, crateuser.rs:

pub mod mymod {
  extern mod cratey;
  use cratey::add1;
  fn main() { add1(3); }
}

compilation of the crate works fine, but linking against it causes an error:

machine> rustc cratey.rs
Running /Users/clements/rust/build/x86_64-apple-darwin/stage2/bin/rustc:
warning: no debug symbols in executable (-arch x86_64)
machine> rustc -L . crateuser.rs
Running /Users/clements/rust/build/x86_64-apple-darwin/stage2/bin/rustc:
crateuser.rs:6:4: 6:17 error: unresolved name
crateuser.rs:6 use cratey::add1;
                   ^~~~~~~~~~~~~
crateuser.rs:6:4: 6:17 error: failed to resolve import: cratey::add1
crateuser.rs:6 use cratey::add1;
                   ^~~~~~~~~~~~~
error: failed to resolve imports
error: aborting due to 3 previous errors

Removing the "mod mymod" wrapper allows the thing to compile fine. Apologies if this is the way it's supposed to work; casual stand-up-and-shout suggests to me that it should be possible to put an extern mod inside a module.

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