[ocaml-platform] Changes to my previous proposal for namespaces

[Yaron Minsky]

On Tue, Mar 19, 2013 at 4:54 AM, Alain Frisch <alain.frisch at lexifi.com> wrote:
> Two more comments on Leo's proposal:
>
> 1. I think we should look for a different notation than Foo # Bar for
> namespace qualification.  "#" is already used for the method calls; it
> should be possible to implement this notation without creating conflicts in
> the grammar, but it might create confusion.  Consider the expression:
>
>   Foo#Bar.my_object # f Foo#Bar.e
>
> (I've been kind enough to avoid putting whitespaces around '#' when used for
> namespaces).
>
> I haven't really thought about a good alternative, but what about using ".."
> instead of "#" ?

+1.  Syntax is annoying to argue about, but my intuition is to
strongly prefer .. to #.

> 2. I think we should get rid of the aliasing feature in search path files
> ("Foo#Baz : Foo#Bar").  I expect that only advanced users will write search
> path files, and then can do the resolution themselves (or this could be
> automated).  Aliases don't really simplify the life of end-users and they
> add complexity to the resolution mechanism (which might need to be
> re-implemented by build systems).
>
>
>
> Alain
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