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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:	-- (:)
From:	Robert Roessler <roessler@r...>
Subject:	Re: [Caml-list] Nesting Modules

Tom Hawkins wrote:
> Is it possible to nest modules defined in separate files?
> 
> For example, assume I have...
> 
>   top.ml
>   top.mli
>   bottom.ml
>   bottom.mli
> 
> Can I instruct the compiler to nest Bottom somewhere in Top, to obtain 
> clean, hierarchical names (eg: Top.Bottom.some_function)?  Of course I 
> can inline bottom.ml in top.ml, but then the file become rather large.

It seems like the "include" construct might be of help...

Robert Roessler
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