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 WAA06556; Fri, 23 Apr 2004 22:23:48 +0200 (MET DST) X-Authentication-Warning: pauillac.inria.fr: majordomo set sender to owner-caml-list@pauillac.inria.fr using -f Received: from concorde.inria.fr (concorde.inria.fr [192.93.2.39]) by pauillac.inria.fr (8.7.6/8.7.3) with ESMTP id WAA06417 for ; Fri, 23 Apr 2004 22:23:45 +0200 (MET DST) Received: from gatekeeper.elmer.external.excelhustler.com (gatekeeper.excelhustler.com [68.99.114.105]) by concorde.inria.fr (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id i3NKNiYM003751 for ; Fri, 23 Apr 2004 22:23:44 +0200 Received: from chatterbox.elmer.internal.excelhustler.com (unknown [192.168.0.12]) (using TLSv1 with cipher EDH-RSA-DES-CBC3-SHA (168/168 bits)) (Client CN "chatterbox.elmer.internal.excelhustler.com", Issuer "excelhustler.com" (not verified)) by gatekeeper.elmer.external.excelhustler.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6614AE013F; Fri, 23 Apr 2004 15:23:43 -0500 (CDT) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by chatterbox.elmer.internal.excelhustler.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id BAD785C006; Fri, 23 Apr 2004 15:23:42 -0500 (CDT) Received: from wile.internal.excelhustler.com (wile.internal.excelhustler.com [192.168.1.34]) by chatterbox.elmer.internal.excelhustler.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 47A3A5C005; Fri, 23 Apr 2004 15:23:42 -0500 (CDT) Received: by wile.internal.excelhustler.com (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 3DD974205D; Fri, 23 Apr 2004 15:23:42 -0500 (CDT) Date: Fri, 23 Apr 2004 15:23:42 -0500 From: John Goerzen To: Kenneth Knowles Cc: caml-list@inria.fr Subject: Re: [Caml-list] [ANN] The Missing Library Message-ID: <20040423202342.GA5962@excelhustler.com> References: <20040423185148.GA4434@excelhustler.com> <20040423195206.GA27257@tallman.kefka.frap.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20040423195206.GA27257@tallman.kefka.frap.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.5.1+cvs20040105i X-Scanned-By: clamscan at chatterbox.elmer.internal.excelhustler.com X-Miltered: at concorde by Joe's j-chkmail ("http://j-chkmail.ensmp.fr")! X-Loop: caml-list@inria.fr X-Spam: no; 0.00; caml-list:01 2004:99 knowles:99 extlib:01 extlib:01 ocaml:01 0700,:01 folks:01 modules:02 module:03 wrote:03 library:03 library:03 btw:03 rename:03 Sender: owner-caml-list@pauillac.inria.fr Precedence: bulk On Fri, Apr 23, 2004 at 12:52:06PM -0700, Kenneth Knowles wrote: > > I assume you are aware the two ExtLib libraries that are also "missing" standard > library functionality? I can't help but suggest some cooperation between your > three efforts to make one very well designed extended standard library (under a > new name that is more "positive," and not conflicting with another > project) Yes, I am. One contains C components, which is not what I'm trying to do here. It's a nice library, and one I'd like to see in Debian, but unfortunately since it shares the same name as an existing one, it can't. You might consider this a public call for one of you to rename your library, BTW. My library does not conflict with anything else. I am giong to look at working with the extlib.sf.net folks, though. At the surface, I'm wanting to provide larger modules (such as the ConfigParser already present, but perhaps also an IMAP client module, etc.) that seem not quite what either ExtLib is all about. But the fact that these libraries exist is, at its heart, a symptom of the problems with the OCaml standard library. -- John ------------------- 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