[Modules] A proposal for Modules, Packages and Dependencies

Simon Michael simon at joyful.com
Thu Aug 23 16:58:41 UTC 2001


Hi Henrik,

Henrik Gedenryd <Henrik.Gedenryd at lucs.lu.se> writes:
> from. A module system that isn't hierarchical defies its own
> purpose. It would just take us from a flat name space to a flat module
> space, and that ain't very far.

I don't know if I'm for or against hierarchical modules, but I would
argue this point. Even a flat module space would be a valuable thing
(as existence proof I cite the debian package system) and it has the
advantage of simplicity.

Regards,
-Simon




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