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relative using/import should search current directory

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#4,600 opened on Oct 21, 2013

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Description

When I do

# Main.jl
module Main
  using .Foo
end

and there's a file called Foo.jl in the same directory as Main.jl it should be loaded. I suspect that relative using should also not look in the global require places – i.e. Pkg.dir() and then LOAD_PATH. The same applies to import.

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Inspect the module loading code in Julia's runtime to ensure that relative using/import searches the current directory first. Modify the path resolution to prioritize local files over global LOAD PATH.
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