mozilla/rust — pull request #14251 by alexcrichton (2014-05-16 22:12:39+00:00)
Title: syntax: Tighten search paths for inner modules

This is an implementation of RFC 16. A module can now only be loaded if the
module declaring `mod name;` "owns" the current directory. A module is
considered as owning its directory if it meets one of the following criteria:

* It is the top-level crate file
* It is a `mod.rs` file
* It was loaded via `#[path]`
* It was loaded via `include!`
* The module was declared via an inline `mod foo { ... }` statement

For example, this directory structure is now invalid

// lib.rs
mod foo;

// foo.rs
mod bar;

// bar.rs;
fn bar() {}

With this change `foo.rs` must be renamed to `foo/mod.rs`, and `bar.rs` must be
renamed to `foo/bar.rs`. This makes it clear that `bar` is a submodule of `foo`,
and can only be accessed through `foo`.

RFC: 0016-module-file-system-hierarchy
Closes #14180

[breaking-change]