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Date: | 2008-11-18 (17:14) |
From: | Jon Harrop <jon@f...> |
Subject: | Re: [Caml-list] Wanted: your feedback on the hierarchy of OCaml Batteries Included |
On Tuesday 18 November 2008 10:06:25 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) I don't follow. Can you not use "include" to extend an existing module: # module Array = struct include Array let empty = [||] end;; module Array : sig external length : 'a array -> int = "%array_length" ... val empty : 'a array end -- Dr Jon Harrop, Flying Frog Consultancy Ltd. http://www.ffconsultancy.com/?e