Attribute not found in module when using folder-based layout

[spastorclovr]

General Question

I am trying to use the layout described here https://www.kcl-lang.io/docs/reference/lang/codelab/collaborative

├── base
│   ├── backend.k
│   ├── exposer.k
│   ├── frontend.k
│   ├── kcl.mod
│   ├── kcl.mod.lock
│   └── main.k
├── dev
│   ├── backend.k
│   ├── frontend.k
│   ├── kcl.mod
│   ├── kcl.mod.lock
│   └── main.k

base/frontend.k is importing backend.k like so

import backend

and use some value like

 BACKEND_URL: "http://${backend.backend_app.metadata.name}"

Running from dev

kcl ../base/*.k *.k

will raise an error

   |
30 |           BACKEND_URL: "http://${backend.backend_app.metadata.name}"
   |                                  ^ attribute 'backend_app' not found in 'module 'backend''
   |

UNLESS I am importing backend from a file under the folder dev

I was wondering if this was the intended behaviour? If so, I am struggling in understand why?

Any help appreciated.

Thx

[spastorclovr]

🤔 just realizing that if I do not import the modules because they are in the same folder, everything seems to work flawlessly.