From: David Allsopp <dra-news@metastack.com>
To: Gerd Stolpmann <info@gerd-stolpmann.de>
Cc: "caml-list@inria.fr" <caml-list@inria.fr>
Subject: RE: [Caml-list] Warnings opening modules (was: why is building ocaml hard?)
Date: Wed, 13 Jul 2016 12:30:28 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <E51C5B015DBD1348A1D85763337FB6D9011EA0490D@Remus.metastack.local> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1468412402.25014.109.camel@e130.lan.sumadev.de>
Gerd Stolpmann wrote:
> Am Mittwoch, den 13.07.2016, 12:08 +0000 schrieb David Allsopp:
> > > I think that we need a syntax for toplevel module paths (e.g. I
> > > suggested "open ^MyOwnProjectModule", resembling anchored regular
> expressions).
> >
> > Indeed, but rather than adding yet another piece of syntax, does it
> cause so much pain to move in the direction of just making the open
> declaration always require a toplevel module path?
>
> I'm suggesting that mainly because it makes the transition easier - the
> old and the new conventions could be used in parallel.
Agreed - but couldn't that therefore be done "my way" with a compiler switch (cf. -safe-string, etc.)?
> Also, I don't know whether there are actually reasonable applications
> of relative module paths. It would be good to hear from other users
> about that.
Also agreed - though, so far, I don't think unqualified opening of packed modules is one of the reasonable examples :o)
David
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2016-07-13 12:30 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 23+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2016-07-10 11:57 David Allsopp
2016-07-10 19:45 ` Gerd Stolpmann
2016-07-13 12:08 ` David Allsopp
2016-07-13 12:20 ` Gerd Stolpmann
2016-07-13 12:30 ` David Allsopp [this message]
2016-07-14 9:03 ` Goswin von Brederlow
2016-07-15 9:52 ` David Allsopp
2016-07-15 16:13 ` Hendrik Boom
2016-07-15 16:57 ` Yotam Barnoy
2016-07-15 18:09 ` Jeremy Yallop
2016-07-15 18:26 ` Hendrik Boom
2016-07-15 18:58 ` Yotam Barnoy
2016-07-15 19:26 ` Hezekiah M. Carty
2016-07-15 19:42 ` Yotam Barnoy
2016-07-15 19:52 ` Jeremy Yallop
2016-07-15 20:25 ` Yotam Barnoy
2016-07-15 18:50 ` Alain Frisch
2016-07-15 19:44 ` Hendrik Boom
2016-07-15 17:04 ` Gerd Stolpmann
2016-07-20 7:49 ` Louis Gesbert
2016-07-16 7:40 ` Petter A. Urkedal
2016-07-16 9:58 ` vrotaru.md
2016-07-19 16:37 ` Yotam Barnoy
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