Doing something like Python's "import" in Scala
Question: Is it possible to use Scala's `import` without specifying a main function in
an object, and without using the `package` keyword in the source file with the
code you wish to import?

Some explanation: In Python, I can define some functions in some file
"Lib.py", write

    
    
    from Lib import *
    

in some other file "Run.py" in the same directory, use the functions from Lib
in Run, and then run Run with the command `python Run.py`. This workflow is
ideal for small scripts that I might write in an hour.

In Scala, it appears that if I want to include functions from another file, I
need to start wrapping things in superfluous objects. I would rather not do
this.


Answer: Writing Python in Scala is unlikely to yield satisfactory results. Objects are
not "superfluous" -- it's your program that is not written in an object
oriented way.

First, methods must be inside objects. You can place them inside a `package
object`, and they'll then be visible to anything else that is inside the
package of the same name.

Second, if one considers solely objects and classes, then all package-less
objects and classes whose class files are present in the classpath, or whose
scala files are compiled together, will be visible to each other.

