Can't pub use as a module defined in the current module

[brson]

pub use local_alias = local;

mod local { }

fn main() {}

error: failed to resolve imports
test.rs:1:8: 1:14 error: unresolved import
test.rs:1 pub use local_alias = local;
                  ^~~~~~
error: aborting due to 2 previous errors

[brson]

Nominating well defined.

[Blei]

This seems to be fixed.

[graydon]

Not quite:

r.rs:1:12: 1:32 error: unresolved import: found `local` in `???` but it is private
r.rs:1     pub use local_alias = local;
                   ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
r.rs:1:12: 1:32 error: failed to resolve import `local`
r.rs:1     pub use local_alias = local;
                   ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
error: aborting due to 2 previous error

If you put pub on the inner module, it works. I think this is actually working as intended: the 'pub' on the item being re-exported is itself the indication of whether it can be seen from outside.

Curiously, you can't use it locally (with no pub anywhere in the file) either. This feels not entirely well defined? Or else I'm not well informed enough to address it. Leaving open until we have Patrick around for subsequent triage.

[nikomatsakis]

My two cents:

1. It makes sense that a pub use'd item must be pub, since that
   means you don't have to search for a pub use.
2. It seems like use local_alias = local ought to work though.

[pnkfelix]

accepted for well-defined milestone

[alexcrichton]

This is working now. I think my extraction of privacy from resolve has fixed this.

Removing all tags and flagging as needstest.