Re-export symbols using type aliases, instead#477
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We've relied on fine-grained GRDB exports via, e.g.: ```swift @_exported import class GRDB.Database ``` This underscored feature unfortunately doesn't always seem to play nicely with Swift's upcoming features around member visibility and internal imports. While I can't always reproduce the issue, I have been able to do so in the Reminders app, which had some explicit imports to work around the issue. This commit updates things to use `public typealias` for aliasing instead, which does not appear to cause ambiguity when an `import GRDB` is done in the same file. This is also how some of Apple's packages handle the same problem.
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We've relied on fine-grained GRDB exports via, e.g.:
This underscored feature unfortunately doesn't always seem to play nicely with Swift's upcoming features around member visibility and internal imports. While I can't always reproduce the issue, I have been able to do so in the Reminders app, which had some explicit imports to work around the issue.
This commit updates things to use
public typealiasfor aliasing instead, which does not appear to cause ambiguity when animport GRDBis done in the same file. This is also how some of Apple's packages handle the same problem.