_base.scss and base.scss in compass

My scss files are like so...

src/partials/_base.scss
src/base.scss

What wi开发者_StackOverflow中文版ll happen here? Will the _base.scss overwrite what's in base.scss? Or will they be merged? Or...what?

the first file will be evaluated, then the next one. having the same filename shouldn't be a problem for compass/sass.