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r: 29786
b: refs/heads/incoming
c: 799bc0a
h: refs/heads/master
v: v3

Author: pcwalton

[refs]

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ refs/heads/try: d324a424d8f84b1eb049b12cf34182bda91b0024
 refs/tags/release-0.1: 1f5c5126e96c79d22cb7862f75304136e204f105
 refs/heads/ndm: f3868061cd7988080c30d6d5bf352a5a5fe2460b
 refs/heads/try2: d0c6ce338884ee21843f4b40bf6bf18d222ce5df
-refs/heads/incoming: c0858f4f7abd5fddf1093e26c4de925c5d5ade43
+refs/heads/incoming: 799bc0a1934535bfebbb912fd3c86d88af9edc28
 refs/heads/dist-snap: 2f32a1581f522e524009138b33b1c7049ced668d
 refs/tags/release-0.2: c870d2dffb391e14efb05aa27898f1f6333a9596
 refs/tags/release-0.3: b5f0d0f648d9a6153664837026ba1be43d3e2503

branches/incoming/src/libsyntax/parse/parser.rs

@@ -3132,9 +3132,15 @@ class parser {
     }
 
     fn parse_use() -> view_item_ {
-        let ident = self.parse_ident();
-        let metadata = self.parse_optional_meta();
-        return view_item_use(ident, metadata, self.get_id());
+        if self.look_ahead(1) == token::SEMI ||
+            self.look_ahead(1) == token::LPAREN {
+            // Old-style "use"; i.e. what we now call "extern mod".
+            let ident = self.parse_ident();
+            let metadata = self.parse_optional_meta();
+            return view_item_use(ident, metadata, self.get_id());
+        }
+
+        return view_item_import(self.parse_view_paths());
     }
 
     fn parse_view_path() -> @view_path {

branches/incoming/src/test/run-pass/new-import-syntax.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+use io::println;
+
+fn main() {
+    println("Hello world!");
+}
+