Re: [Caml-list] Wanted: your feedback on the hierarchy of OCaml Batteries Included

[Stefano Zacchiroli <zack@upsilon.cc>]

On Tue, Nov 18, 2008 at 09:50:14PM +0000, Richard Jones wrote:
> > If there is nothing in the Net module (and ignoring the linking issue)  
> > you can actually achieve that by using -pack. Just redo the pack on  
> > the client whenever it installs a new package in the namespace. No ?

> No because Net isn't necessarily an empty module, nor does it
> magically pull in all the modules underneath it (which would be
> impossible because the Net::* space is constantly changing).

Still, the idea of doing the pack on the client-side is an interesting
one. That way users can install libraries with some kind of metadata
(maybe incorporated in META files) which tell where do they fit into
the hierarchy, and the hierarchy is re-assembled for the client.

BUT

that would horribly break down with checksum assumptions, I believe.

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