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Nesting Modules

Tom Hawkins
- Pietro Abate
  - Martin Jambon
- Robert Roessler
- Chris King
  - Daniel_Bünzli
    - Tom Hawkins
      - Daniel_Bünzli
- Tom Hawkins
- Richard Jones
  - Daniel_Bünzli
    - Richard Jones
      - Daniel_Bünzli
        
        Richard Jones
  - Tom Hawkins
    - Richard Jones
    - Christophe TROESTLER
      - Tom Hawkins
        
        Gerd Stolpmann
- Oliver Bandel

Date:	2005-11-02 (12:14)
From:	Richard Jones <rich@a...>
Subject:	Re: [Caml-list] Nesting Modules

On Wed, Nov 02, 2005 at 05:59:04AM -0600, Tom Hawkins wrote:
> But then you're forced to 
> Drag_Along_Every_Module_To_Get_To_Something.useful.  ;-)  As a library 
> user, I would much prefer:
> 
>   open Drag.Along.Every.Module.To.Get.To
>   Something.useful ()

I'm sure you would, but the design of .cma/.cmxa files makes that
impossible if you also want to allow other people to add modules into
the same namespace.

Rich.

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