Re: [Caml-list] Wanted: your feedback on the hierarchy of OCaml Batteries Included

[Richard Jones <rich@annexia.org>]

On Wed, Nov 19, 2008 at 02:38:05PM +0100, Stefano Zacchiroli wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 18, 2008 at 12:32:31PM +0000, Richard Jones wrote:
> > On Tue, Nov 18, 2008 at 01:15:39PM +0100, David Teller wrote:
> > > Do you see any better way of managing the complexity of all this?
> > 
> > I'm still not getting where the benefit of having this hierarchy is,
> > except that it adds a Java-like complexity and will create
> > hard-to-manage churn if a module ever moves.
> 
> Regarding the advantages see my previous post, where I put some
> motivations. Regarding the difficulties of moving modules around, how
> harder is than moving a module around when you have no hierarchy?

Well I guess what I _meant_ to say was that if your modules aren't in
a hierarchy to start with, then you won't be tempted to move them
around the hierarchy :-)

Rich.

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Richard Jones
Red Hat