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yaml
---
r: 23186
b: refs/heads/master
c: 799bc0a
h: refs/heads/master
v: v3

Author: pcwalton

[refs]

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: c0858f4f7abd5fddf1093e26c4de925c5d5ade43
+refs/heads/master: 799bc0a1934535bfebbb912fd3c86d88af9edc28
 refs/heads/snap-stage1: e33de59e47c5076a89eadeb38f4934f58a3618a6
 refs/heads/snap-stage3: cd6f24f9d14ac90d167386a56e7a6ac1f0318195
 refs/heads/try: ffbe0e0e00374358b789b0037bcb3a577cd218be

trunk/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 {

trunk/src/test/run-pass/new-import-syntax.rs

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