errors and warnings / stdlib / E8119

E8119 error

import internal outside a test file

area: stdlib (x8xxx)
fails the build: yes

A file of the addon uses import internal. import internal gives a file a module's private locals and types, so that tests can test helpers without exporting them. Only test files may use it, and addon builds stay unchanged. In addon code, export what other files need and import it normally.

Example

× failssrc/tracker.wowluawowlua

local function parse(text: string): number?    return tonumber(text)endexport function record(text: string)    print(parse(text))end

src/main.wowluawowlua

import internal parse from "/tracker"print(parse("3"))

✓ compilessrc/tracker.wowluawowlua

local function parse(text: string): number?    return tonumber(text)endexport function record(text: string)    print(parse(text))end

tests/tracker.test.wowluawowlua

import test, expect from "wowlua:test"import internal parse from "/tracker" @test("parses numbers")local function parses()    expect(parse("3")).toBe(3)end

The compiler reports it like this:

error[E8119]: `import internal` is only for test files
  ┌─ src/main.wowlua:1:1
  │
1 │ import internal parse from "/tracker"
  │ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ here
  │
  = help: export what other files use

code	message
E8108	`wowlua:test` / `wowlua:mock` imported outside a test file

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$ wowlua explain E8119
E8119 (error): import internal outside a test file

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