[ocaml-platform] on the need and design of OCaml namespaces

[Xavier Clerc]

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> Le vendredi, 22 février 2013 à 22:51, Xavier Clerc a écrit :
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> > So, as of today, we have :- "archives" (cma / cmxa) allowing to
> > gather modules but without
> > naming (at the language level) the gathering ;
> > - "packs" allowing to gather modules into a module.
> > I regard namespaces are gathering modules into a named entity but
> > without creating a module. Hence, it is a new beast, different from
> > archives and packs.
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> So basically a new concept is introduced because "pack" is not
> technically satisfying.

This is no what I mean.
Packs and namespaces serve two different purposes.
It just happens that the lack of namespace forced
people (including me) to use packs as namespaces.


Xavier