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| Date: | 2008-11-18 (10:06) |
| From: | Richard Jones <rich@a...> |
| Subject: | Re: [Caml-list] Wanted: your feedback on the hierarchy of OCaml Batteries Included |
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)
Rich.
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Richard Jones
Red Hat