Text.ParserCombinators.* is a bad name

[Malcolm Wallace]

Chris Kuklewicz <haskell at list.mightyreason.com> wrote:

> And now Donald and I both need part of the Text*Regex* namespace.
> 
> So I could name the module path using some combination of relevant
> adjectives "Parser,Parsec,Lazy,Native,Faster,Replacement"
> 
> Text.Regex.Parsec
> Text.Regex.Lazy

Yes, any of those seem adaequately descriptive.

> This is where java's namespace is so brilliant.  I could have used
> reverse-dns:
> 
> Com.MightyReason.Haskell.Text.Regex

And of course you can use that namespace in Haskell too, if you wish.
That scheme is even described as a possibility in the Report Addendum
for hierarchical namespaces.

> So how should Donald and I avoid a namespace collision?

By agreement.  :-)  Just because plain Text.Regex is already taken,
doesn't mean it has to stay that way.  Another common approach is to
select a "project name" as the discriminating element of the namespace,
e.g.
    Text.XML.HaXml.*
    Graphics.UI.WX.*
    Graphics.UI.Gtk.*

So you could agree on
    Text.Regex.MightyReason
    Text.Regex.Dons
and rename the existing package as
    Text.Regex.Gnu
or whatever (I don't know if it really is from Gnu).

Regards,
    Malcolm