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 TAA04955; Thu, 15 Aug 2002 19:14:21 +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 TAA04928 for ; Thu, 15 Aug 2002 19:14:20 +0200 (MET DST) Received: from ext-nj2gw-1.online-age.net (ext-nj2gw-1.online-age.net [216.35.73.163]) by nez-perce.inria.fr (8.11.1/8.11.1) with ESMTP id g7FHEIn04498 for ; Thu, 15 Aug 2002 19:14:19 +0200 (MET DST) Received: from int-nj2gw-1.online-age.net (int-nj2gw-1.online-age.net [3.159.236.65]) by ext-nj2gw-1.online-age.net (8.12.3/8.9.1/990426-RLH) with ESMTP id g7FHEBUe019456; Thu, 15 Aug 2002 13:14:11 -0400 (EDT) Received: from uswaumsxbhmedge.med.ge.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by int-nj2gw-1.online-age.net (8.12.3/8.12.3/990426-RLH) with ESMTP id g7FHE5x0010893; Thu, 15 Aug 2002 13:14:06 -0400 (EDT) Received: by amermsx.med.ge.com with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2656.59) id ; Thu, 15 Aug 2002 12:14:05 -0500 Message-ID: From: "Gurr, David (MED, self)" To: Vitaly Lugovsky Cc: "Yurii A. Rashkovskii" , caml-list@inria.fr Subject: RE: [Caml-list] Namespace proposal Date: Thu, 15 Aug 2002 12:13:47 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2656.59) Content-Type: text/plain Sender: owner-caml-list@pauillac.inria.fr Precedence: bulk > -----Original Message----- > From: Vitaly Lugovsky [mailto:vsl@ontil.ihep.su] > Sent: Thursday, August 15, 2002 10:00 AM > To: Gurr, David (MED, self) > Cc: Yurii A. Rashkovskii; caml-list@inria.fr > Subject: RE: [Caml-list] Namespace proposal > > > On Thu, 15 Aug 2002, Gurr, David (MED, self) wrote: > > > My two cents worth: Please dont copy package ideas from > > languages that lack functors. And Java's package == > > directory idea is far from beloved by all. -D > > For me package is not a modules collection, but just > a way of multi-word module naming. It's not so easy to > give short and still adequate names to the modules, but > something like Db.Core.Storage looks much better then > Dbstorage, and Storage can still be accessed just as > "Storage" from modules of the same "package". Just a naming > way, nothing more. And what happens when you need to abstract over a module/sub-package? -D ------------------- 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