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

[Richard Jones <rich@annexia.org>]

On Thu, Nov 20, 2008 at 10:28:07AM +0100, Nicolas Pouillard wrote:
> No one (I guess) would recommend you to use fully qualified paths as in
> Data.Containers.List.length of course. Data.Containers.List.length is the
> external name, made to be well organized not to be quick to type, the way
> to use it to open it *OR* to define an internal name for it :
> 
> module L = Data.Containers.List
> 
> And then use L.length, L.map...

I've lost the plot on what problem are we trying to solve .. except
for the original one which is "Windows users are too stupid to use a
packaging system, so let's give them everything in a single
installer".  But surely having everyone using privately named modules
is a bad idea?  The private names chosen won't be consistent, and they
require a reference back to the top of the code to find out which
module they are really using.  Encouraging developers to open modules
is also usually a bad idea, except in very limited circumstances
(hello Printf).

Rich.

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Richard Jones
Red Hat