[Oberon] IMPORT Modules: why does order matter?

[oberon at x.colbyrussell.com]

On 3/2/19 5:13 PM, Andreas Pirklbauer wrote:
 > If one wanted to allow imports to be declared in *any* order [...]
 > cost is <50 lines of additional source lines of code

This topic seems to have taken way too long to get to the answer, and it
looks like we're still not there.

*Why* does import order matter?

In other words, what would these 50 additional lines of code need to
ensure?

In other other words, what problem arises in the absence of the
conditional branch in the compiler that results in this error being
printed?

-- 
Colby Russell