package mounting

[Malcolm Wallace]

"Simon Marlow" <simonmar at microsoft.com> writes:

> , Frederik Eaton wrote:
> 
> > It looks like there's been a bit of recent discussion regarding module
> > and package namespaces.
> 
> This idea has been raised before, but it was a while back, and we called
> it "grafting".

I concur with Simon that the mounting proposal has similarities to the
grafting proposal.  I also concur that opinions may have changed since
the previous discussion, so it is worthwhile bringing it up again.

I also wonder whether (or to what extent) mounting/grafting could
address (or conflict with) the question of qualified name exports
expressed in this thread:

    http://www.haskell.org//pipermail/libraries/2004-December/002800.html
    http://www.haskell.org//pipermail/libraries/2005-March/003390.html

Regards,
    Malcolm