cvs commit: hugs98/dotnet License.net hugs98/dotnet/doc dotnet-lib.html dotnet.html examples.html hugs98/dotnet/examples/basic Env.hs Http.hs Mail.hs hugs98/dotnet/lib DotNet.hs hugs98/dotnet/lib/Syste m Array.hs ...

[Sigbjorn Finne]

Just to clarify -- this is a separate toplevel namespace
(mirroring the .NET Framework). Should conflicts become
an issue a prefix will be added.

--sigbjorn

----- Original Message -----
From: "Malcolm Wallace" <Malcolm.Wallace@cs.york.ac.uk>
To: <cvs-hugs@haskell.org>
Sent: Monday, March 03, 2003 03:30
Subject: Re: cvs commit: hugs98/dotnet License.net hugs98/dotnet/doc
dotnet-lib.html dotnet.html examples.html hugs98/dotnet/examples/basic
Env.hs Http.hs Mail.hs hugs98/dotnet/lib DotNet.hs hugs98/dotnet/lib/Syste m
Array.hs ...


> Sigbjorn Finne <sof@glass.cse.ogi.edu> writes:
>
> >   This commit adds interop support for the .NET platform.
>
> Looks interesting!
>
> However, just one minor point:
>
> >     dotnet/lib           DotNet.hs
> >     dotnet/lib/System    Array.hs Console.hs DateTime.hs Enum.hs
> >                          MarshalByRefObject.hs Object.hs
> >                          ObjectTy.hs String.hs StringTy.hs Type.hs
> >                          TypeCode.hs TypeTy.hs ValueType.hs Xml.hs
> >     dotnet/lib/System/Collections IEnumerator.hs
> >     dotnet/lib/System/IO Directory.hs DirectoryInfo.hs
> >     dotnet/lib/System/Xml XmlAttributeCollection.hs
> >                           XmlNameTable.hs XmlNamedNodeMap.hs
> >                           XmlNode.hs XmlNodeTy.hs XmlReader.hs
>
> These hierarchical names look rather strange.  Why "System" as a
> base dir?  Wouldn't System.DotNet be perhaps more reasonable, ala
> System.Posix for instance?
>
> Also, for example, how do these submodules compare with the more
> "obvious" locations:
>
>     System.Array     Data.Array
>     System.String    Data.String
>     System.Xml       Text.XML
>
> although, since they are .NET-specific, perhaps they belong down
> another level, e.g.
>
>     System.DotNet.Text.XML
>
>
> Regards,
>     Malcolm
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