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From: Leo White <lpw25@cam.ac.uk>
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Subject: Re: [Caml-list] Module aliases ideal name-spacing

Jordo <jordojw@gmail.com> writes:

> Thank you for the reply, Leo. One of the requirements was that developers be able to name their internal modules as they
> see fit without having to fear naming collisions. It's also required that file names correspond directly to module names
> (or at least we retain the capability to do so). It appears in this solution you suggested, developers still must prefix
> their file names in order to avoid collisions.

None of the source files have prefixed names, only intermediate files
(that is why you use `-o`). For both reading the source code and using
the library through `MyLib.Foo`, the prefix does not appear.

Regards,

Leo