From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.3 (2006-06-01) on yquem.inria.fr X-Spam-Level: * X-Spam-Status: No, score=1.1 required=5.0 tests=AWL,DNS_FROM_SECURITYSAGE autolearn=disabled version=3.1.3 X-Original-To: caml-list@yquem.inria.fr Delivered-To: caml-list@yquem.inria.fr Received: from mail3-relais-sop.national.inria.fr (mail3-relais-sop.national.inria.fr [192.134.164.104]) by yquem.inria.fr (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8B034BBAF for ; Tue, 18 Nov 2008 12:22:18 +0100 (CET) X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: AvgCAGM0IknAXQImgWdsb2JhbACTWAEBFiK+BoJ5 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.33,624,1220220000"; d="scan'208";a="19287265" Received: from discorde.inria.fr ([192.93.2.38]) by mail3-smtp-sop.national.inria.fr with ESMTP; 18 Nov 2008 12:22:18 +0100 Received: from mail4-relais-sop.national.inria.fr (mail4-relais-sop.national.inria.fr [192.134.164.105]) by discorde.inria.fr (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id mAIBMHAA005210 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-SHA bits=128 verify=OK) for ; Tue, 18 Nov 2008 12:22:18 +0100 X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: AmoBADU0IknCpx6wmWdsb2JhbACTWAEBAQEBCAsKBxG+BIJ5 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.33,624,1220220000"; d="scan'208";a="31558279" Received: from smtpmin.univ-orleans.fr (HELO min.univ-orleans.fr) ([194.167.30.176]) by mail4-smtp-sop.national.inria.fr with ESMTP; 18 Nov 2008 12:22:17 +0100 Received: from smtps.univ-orleans.fr (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by min.univ-orleans.fr (Postfix) with ESMTP id 656A712B4E2; Tue, 18 Nov 2008 12:22:15 +0100 (CET) Received: from [192.168.0.12] (ras75-4-82-235-58-110.fbx.proxad.net [82.235.58.110]) by smtps.univ-orleans.fr (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8F3D536E60; Tue, 18 Nov 2008 12:22:16 +0100 (CET) Subject: Re: Wanted: your feedback on the hierarchy of OCaml Batteries Included From: David Teller To: Zheng Li Cc: Richard Jones , OCaml In-Reply-To: <49229725.5090704@users.sourceforge.net> References: <1227002178.6170.25.camel@Blefuscu> <20081118100625.GA25627@annexia.org> <49229725.5090704@users.sourceforge.net> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2008 12:22:18 +0100 Message-Id: <1227007338.6170.39.camel@Blefuscu> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.12.1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Miltered: at discorde with ID 4922A569.000 by Joe's j-chkmail (http://j-chkmail . ensmp . fr)! X-Spam: no; 0.00; ocaml:01 univ-orleans:01 0100,:01 univ-orleans:01 lifo:01 liquidations:98 wrote:01 executables:01 modules:02 underscore:02 underscore:02 external:03 external:03 hierarchy:03 distributed:05 I thought the linker only linked in symbols which were actually used? On Tue, 2008-11-18 at 11:21 +0100, Zheng Li wrote: > > 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? -- David Teller-Rajchenbach Security of Distributed Systems http://www.univ-orleans.fr/lifo/Members/David.Teller Angry researcher: French Universities need reforms, but the LRU act brings liquidations.