proposed changes in module search behaviour
Henrik Nilsson
nilsson@cs.yale.edu
Tue, 22 Jul 2003 04:25:47 -0400
Dear all,
> - remove the A.B.C.hs feature: no-one seems to be using it, GHC doesn't
> do it, and it's doubling the number of files tried.
For what it is worth, I still think relying exclusively on directories
to "name" modules is very awkward. Admitedly, using only "." as a separator
isn't that great either, especially not when the names get long.
Personally, I'd prefer a mixed approach, keeping logically related
(e.g. same library) in one directory, but using dots to describe any
structure within the library. Or at least, I think it would be nice if the
library builder has the possibility to structure things that way if he/she
thinks taht makes sense.
But it is very important that the different Haskell implementations agree
on this issue, obviously.
Best,
/Henrik
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Henrik Nilsson
Yale University
Department of Computer Science
nilsson@cs.yale.edu