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=1.7 required=5.0 tests=AWL,DNS_FROM_SECURITYSAGE, SPF_FAIL 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 DFB2DBBAF for ; Tue, 18 Nov 2008 11:06:27 +0100 (CET) X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: AvgCAM8iIknAXQImgWdsb2JhbACTWAEBFiK9QYJ5 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.33,624,1220220000"; d="scan'208";a="19283623" Received: from discorde.inria.fr ([192.93.2.38]) by mail3-smtp-sop.national.inria.fr with ESMTP; 18 Nov 2008 11:06:27 +0100 Received: from mail1-relais-roc.national.inria.fr (mail1-relais-roc.national.inria.fr [192.134.164.82]) by discorde.inria.fr (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id mAIA6QxL002999 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-SHA bits=128 verify=OK) for ; Tue, 18 Nov 2008 11:06:27 +0100 X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: AvgCAJMiIklQRFuwgWdsb2JhbACTWAEBFiK9PoJ5 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.33,624,1220220000"; d="scan'208";a="20071557" Received: from furbychan.cocan.org ([80.68.91.176]) by mail1-smtp-roc.national.inria.fr with ESMTP/TLS/AES256-SHA; 18 Nov 2008 11:06:26 +0100 Received: from rich by furbychan.cocan.org with local (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1L2NTV-0003D6-JI; Tue, 18 Nov 2008 10:06:25 +0000 Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2008 10:06:25 +0000 To: David Teller Cc: OCaml Subject: Re: [Caml-list] Wanted: your feedback on the hierarchy of OCaml Batteries Included Message-ID: <20081118100625.GA25627@annexia.org> References: <1227002178.6170.25.camel@Blefuscu> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1227002178.6170.25.camel@Blefuscu> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.13 (2006-08-11) From: Richard Jones X-Miltered: at discorde with ID 492293A3.000 by Joe's j-chkmail (http://j-chkmail . ensmp . fr)! X-Spam: no; 0.00; ocaml:01 0100,:01 wrote:01 caml-list:01 underscore:02 underscore:02 external:03 external:03 hierarchy:03 problem:05 tue:06 namespace:07 namespace:07 extend:07 red:92 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) Rich. -- Richard Jones Red Hat