Re: [Caml-list] Nesting Modules

[Tom Hawkins <tom@confluent.org>]

Richard Jones wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 01, 2005 at 10:59:27AM -0600, Tom Hawkins wrote:
> 
>>Can I instruct the compiler to nest Bottom somewhere in Top, to obtain 
>>clean, hierarchical names (eg: Top.Bottom.some_function)?  Of course I 
>>can inline bottom.ml in top.ml, but then the file become rather large.
> 
> 
> If you want clean, hierarchical names it's much better to use '_' to
> separate the hierarchies (eg. Top_Bottom).  The reason for this is
> that it allows others to extend your hierarchy by adding other modules
> (eg. someone else can easily then create Top_MyExtension).
> 
> This means a bit of file renaming:
> 
>   top.mli
>   top.ml
>   top_Bottom.mli
>   top_Button.ml

But then you're forced to 
Drag_Along_Every_Module_To_Get_To_Something.useful.  ;-)  As a library 
user, I would much prefer:

   open Drag.Along.Every.Module.To.Get.To
   Something.useful ()


-Tom