From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: (from majordomo@localhost) by pauillac.inria.fr (8.7.6/8.7.3) id VAA00660; Tue, 22 Oct 2002 21:31:45 +0200 (MET DST) X-Authentication-Warning: pauillac.inria.fr: majordomo set sender to owner-caml-list@pauillac.inria.fr using -f Received: from nez-perce.inria.fr (nez-perce.inria.fr [192.93.2.78]) by pauillac.inria.fr (8.7.6/8.7.3) with ESMTP id VAA00634 for ; Tue, 22 Oct 2002 21:31:44 +0200 (MET DST) Received: from mel-rto6.wanadoo.fr (smtp-out-6.wanadoo.fr [193.252.19.25]) by nez-perce.inria.fr (8.11.1/8.11.1) with ESMTP id g9MJViD16338; Tue, 22 Oct 2002 21:31:44 +0200 (MET DST) Received: from mel-rta7.wanadoo.fr (193.252.19.61) by mel-rto6.wanadoo.fr (6.5.007) id 3DA24D4D00969029; Tue, 22 Oct 2002 21:31:43 +0200 Received: from iliana (80.14.193.120) by mel-rta7.wanadoo.fr (6.5.007) id 3DA24BE600905EB3; Tue, 22 Oct 2002 21:31:43 +0200 Received: from luther by iliana with local (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1844ka-0001ZL-00; Tue, 22 Oct 2002 21:31:36 +0200 Date: Tue, 22 Oct 2002 21:31:36 +0200 To: Xavier Leroy Cc: Chris Hecker , Yang Shouxun , caml-list@inria.fr Subject: Re: [Caml-list] Error during partial linking Message-ID: <20021022193136.GB4687@iliana> References: <20021022104215.A9456@pauillac.inria.fr> <200210221333.36858.yangsx@fltrp.com> <20021022104215.A9456@pauillac.inria.fr> <200210221737.56370.yangsx@fltrp.com> <4.3.2.7.2.20021022090136.035ec2f8@mail.d6.com> <20021022190056.A28301@pauillac.inria.fr> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20021022190056.A28301@pauillac.inria.fr> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i From: Sven Luther Sender: owner-caml-list@pauillac.inria.fr Precedence: bulk On Tue, Oct 22, 2002 at 07:00:56PM +0200, Xavier Leroy wrote: > Coming back to your initial desire to "pack" Baire (if I may say so), > I would very strong advise Diego to name his "List" module something > else, to avoid conflict with the standard library module of the same > name. The hypothesis that compilation units are identified by unique > names is really essential to the way the OCaml compilers work. I know > it's sometimes an annoyance (all cool names are already taken by the > standard lib :-), but you're really going to run into trouble with > name conflicts. That is what -pack is for, isn't it ? Friendly, Sven Luther ------------------- To unsubscribe, mail caml-list-request@inria.fr Archives: http://caml.inria.fr Bug reports: http://caml.inria.fr/bin/caml-bugs FAQ: http://caml.inria.fr/FAQ/ Beginner's list: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ocaml_beginners