[swift-users] Custom operators from a module

[Howard Lovatt]

I have a custom operator defined in a module and in my XCTest I import that module. In the tests the compiler says that the operator isn't defined. If I define the operator manually in the tests then it works. 

So what is going on?

-- Howard. 

> On 7 Sep 2017, at 3:45 am, Jordan Rose <jordan_rose at apple.com> wrote:
> 
> It's actually the other way around: all operator declarations are exported from a module, all the time, even if the functions that implement them aren't. This is probably a model we should improve, but it's been that way since Swift 1.
> 
> Jordan
> 
> 
>> On Sep 6, 2017, at 02:08, Howard Lovatt via swift-users <swift-users at swift.org> wrote:
>> 
>> Hi All,
>> 
>> I am trying to use a custom operator imported from a module, unfortunately you can't add public to the operators definition and therefore it isn't exported from the module.
>> 
>> I can manually redefine the operator in the module where the operator is used, but that isn't very satisfactory - is there a better way?
>> 
>> Thanks in advance,
>> 
>>   -- Howard.
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