Pragmatism is more than just giving people the quickest way to complete their task. There are other axes to consider, such as the simplicity of the compiler and

Pragmatism is more than just giving people the quickest way to complete their task. There are other axes to consider, such as the simplicity of the compiler and the uniformity of the language experience. These contribute to the maintainability of the language itself and your own code also. When the rule is "if you need a module, you must import it", and that applies equally to standard library modules, hex packages or your own internal modules, there are fewer mental overheads. The procedure is always the same. Incidentally, this also means that the Gleam language server can automatically add or remove import statements, which it now does [0]. Personally, I also find it pleasing that I can look at the top of a file and say "oh, this module appears to be doing some stuff with floating point math and strings". It often gives me an overview of what the module might be doing before I begin reading the detail. [0] https://gleam.run/news/convenient-code-actions/#missing-import-suggestions https://gleam.run/news/convenient-code-actions/#missing-impo...