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Date: | 2008-11-23 (10:38) |
From: | Stefano Zacchiroli <zack@u...> |
Subject: | Re: [Caml-list] open Module (not?) considered harmful |
On Thu, Nov 20, 2008 at 11:41:03AM +0000, Richard Jones wrote: > > The most straightforward solution to this problem to me looks like > > providing a syntax equivalent like "from Module import foo, bar" > > which selectively imports only some identifiers from a given module. > > Again, Perl gets this mostly right, in that the module developer can > define "modes of use" of the module. In Perl something like: > > use CGI qw(:standard); That's interesting, but requires support in all involved library. Do you know how CPAN authors are required to annotate what is "standard" and what is not? Cheers. -- Stefano Zacchiroli -o- PhD in Computer Science \ PostDoc @ Univ. Paris 7 zack@{upsilon.cc,pps.jussieu.fr,debian.org} -<>- http://upsilon.cc/zack/ Dietro un grande uomo c'è ..| . |. Et ne m'en veux pas si je te tutoie sempre uno zaino ...........| ..: |.... Je dis tu à tous ceux que j'aime