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On Fri, Oct 9, 2009 at 6:54 AM, Alp Mestan &lt;alp@mestan.fr&gt; wrote:

&gt; Can't there be a trick by playing with, e.g, ocamlmktop, which could open
&gt; Core and its main submodules by default, like it's done with Pervasives and,
&gt; IIRC, Batteries ?
&gt;

Maybe.  Although to be honest my main concern is not with the top-level, but
rather with the errors given out by ocamlc, and the type-inference hints
given by the -dtypes flag.  The naming choices are easiest to see in the
toplevel, but they show up all over the place.

y


&gt; On Fri, Oct 9, 2009 at 11:58 AM, Yaron Minsky &lt;yminsky@gmail.com&gt; wrote:
&gt;
&gt;&gt; Well, if we're picking heuristics, the fewest number of characters
&gt;&gt; wouldn't be crazy either.  Given the choice between Int.t and Int.comparable
&gt;&gt; (which are aliases for the same type), I'd prefer to see Int.t.
&gt;&gt;
&gt;&gt; y
&gt;&gt;
&gt;&gt;
&gt;&gt; On Fri, Oct 9, 2009 at 3:33 AM, Andrej Bauer &lt;andrej.bauer@andrej.com&gt;wrote:
&gt;&gt;
&gt;&gt;&gt; On Fri, Oct 9, 2009 at 3:40 AM, Yaron Minsky &lt;yminsky@gmail.com&gt; wrote:
&gt;&gt;&gt; &gt; Choosing shorter names.
&gt;&gt;&gt;
&gt;&gt;&gt; By which you probably mean "the fewest number of dots (module
&gt;&gt;&gt; projections)". It might be a bit annoying if the code that prints
&gt;&gt;&gt; doesn't know what modules are open. What do the INRIA priests say?
&gt;&gt;&gt;
&gt;&gt;&gt; Andrej
&gt;&gt;&gt;
&gt;&gt;
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