From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: (from majordomo@localhost) by pauillac.inria.fr (8.7.6/8.7.3) id PAA08846; Wed, 26 Feb 2003 15:06:57 +0100 (MET) X-Authentication-Warning: pauillac.inria.fr: majordomo set sender to owner-caml-list@pauillac.inria.fr using -f Received: from nez-perce.inria.fr (nez-perce.inria.fr [192.93.2.78]) by pauillac.inria.fr (8.7.6/8.7.3) with ESMTP id PAA08423 for ; Wed, 26 Feb 2003 15:06:56 +0100 (MET) Received: from mel-rto4.wanadoo.fr (smtp-out-4.wanadoo.fr [193.252.19.23]) by nez-perce.inria.fr (8.11.1/8.11.1) with ESMTP id h1QE6tH23898 for ; Wed, 26 Feb 2003 15:06:55 +0100 (MET) Received: from mel-rta7.wanadoo.fr (193.252.19.61) by mel-rto4.wanadoo.fr (6.7.015) id 3E0C33FD026D4355; Wed, 26 Feb 2003 15:06:50 +0100 Received: from iliana (81.49.169.71) by mel-rta7.wanadoo.fr (6.7.015) id 3E5335B10042C321; Wed, 26 Feb 2003 15:06:50 +0100 Received: from luther by iliana with local (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 18o2Cv-0005bC-00; Wed, 26 Feb 2003 15:06:49 +0100 Date: Wed, 26 Feb 2003 15:06:49 +0100 To: Lauri Alanko Cc: caml-list@inria.fr Subject: Re: [Caml-list] Alternative proposal: COAN Message-ID: <20030226140649.GA21513@iliana> References: <02103BF1-4835-11D7-B97A-000A95773ED2@rouaix.org> <15963.19322.759255.37091@gargle.gargle.HOWL> <20030225171550.GA5041@stratocaster.home> <20030225214833.GA13418@roke.freak> <20030225221413.GA13865@la.iki.fi> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20030225221413.GA13865@la.iki.fi> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.3i From: Sven Luther Sender: owner-caml-list@pauillac.inria.fr Precedence: bulk On Wed, Feb 26, 2003 at 12:14:13AM +0200, Lauri Alanko wrote: > When Haskell got to the same situation (ie. people began to collect > miscellaneous libraries into a coherent whole), one of the first things > to be done was to extend the module system of the language to > hierarchical namespaces: > > > > This sort of thing is done in Java, it is done in Perl, and it probably > ought to be done in just about any language that plans to support lots > of libraries. Naming conflicts are icky. I would very much like O'Caml > to have hierarchical namespaces as well. > > The standard hierarchy layout presented in the above URL is probably > also worth pondering. This is already present and doable, we just need to use the -pack option, which was added exactly for that. That and the module system should be enough for any namespace handling we want to do. Sadly, the current -pack option has still some problems on some plateforms, and nobody really uses it. Friendly, Sven Luther ------------------- To unsubscribe, mail caml-list-request@inria.fr Archives: http://caml.inria.fr Bug reports: http://caml.inria.fr/bin/caml-bugs FAQ: http://caml.inria.fr/FAQ/ Beginner's list: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ocaml_beginners