Imported macro cannot see other macros within the same file.

[albert-kam]

Lets say i have a macros.httl that is imported in httl.properties with 2 macros, macroA and macroB.
macros.httl

#macro(macroA(something))
  hello world
#end

#macro(macroB(something))
  <p>
    $!{macroA(someParams)}
  </p>
#end

And in another httl file called test.httl, i can call macroA successfully, meaning the import is working fine. Also, in the same httl file, i'm also calling macroB, and it fails with an error msg saying macroA cannot be found.

test.httl:

<p>$!{macroA(someParams)}</p> <!--ok-->
<p>$!{macroB(someParams)}</p> <!--error-->

Why cannot macroB sees macroA even when they're in the same macros.httl file ?

The error message is something like:

Caused by: java.text.ParseException: No such macro "macroA" or import method macroA(httl.util.Status,java.util.List,java.lang.String).
Occur to offset: 1203, line: 32, column: 57, char: i, in: 

But when i tried copying macroA within macroB, it runs ok, but this means duplicating a lot of macros within another macro.

Am i doing this wrongly ? Please advise.

[albert-kam]

I also tried splitting a single macro file into multiple macro files, into someting like:

import.macros+=/template/main/macro/form-basic.httl,/template/main/macro/form-input.httl

in hope that form-input.httl can use the macros defined in form-basic.httl, but i still failed.

I also tried #include-ing the form-basic.httl macros into a macro in form-input.httl, and still failed.

I still have to copy paste the macros i need inside the macro that needs to call them.
This works:

#macro(macroA(something))
  hello world
#end

#macro(macroB(something))
  #macro(macroA(something))
    hello world
  #end
  <p>
    $!{macroA(someParams)}
  </p>
#end