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Wanted: your feedback on the hierarchy of OCaml Batteries Included
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| Date: | -- (:) |
| From: | Zheng Li <zheng_li@u...> |
| Subject: | Re: Wanted: your feedback on the hierarchy of OCaml Batteries Included |
Richard Jones wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 18, 2008 at 10:56:18AM +0100, David Teller wrote:
>> open System.IO;;
>> open System.File;;
>
> Your biggest problem is using dot ('.') instead of underscore ('_').
> Using a dot means that the System namespace cannot be extended by
> external packages. If you use an underscore then an external package
> can extend the namespace (eg. by providing System_Newpackage)
And, doesn't that forces all sub modules to be linked into the final
executables even if we only use one of them?
--
Zheng