[ocaml-platform] Changes to my previous proposal for namespaces
Leo White
lpw25 at cam.ac.uk
Tue Mar 19 12:51:17 GMT 2013
> I'm more concerned with the fact that order matters even if there is no conflict, which, again is a departure from
> today's situation. ocamlfind will need to pass -I flags in the correct order.
If a package wanted to have a path file "foo.mlpath":
Foo#Mutex: Core#Mutex
then it would provide a package description for ocamlfind equivalent to
the following (using made up syntax):
path := ./foo.mlpath
path-depends := core
this would ensure that its -I flags were correctly ordered.
For people using a single large code base, rather than ocamlfind, then
it would be easier for them to use the file name directly rather than an alias.
> Wouldn't it be better to resolve aliases
> in the same way as references in the source code (i.e. using all the -I flags)?
This might allow loops in aliases. It would also prevent things like:
Foo_Original#* : Foo#*
Foo#Bar : new_foo_bar.cmi
which allows you to substitute a new module in a namespace, while
providing a mechanism (Foo_Original) for accessing the old version.
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