On Monday, November 21, 2011 08:31:32 Jacob Carlborg wrote: > On 2011-11-20 22:52, Jude Young wrote: > > On Sun 20 Nov 2011 02:20:18 PM CST, David Nadlinger wrote: > >> Hey all, > >> > >> currently, the 0mq and ncurses Deimos bindings place their modules in > >> the root (both package- and directory-wise), while the liblzma ones > >> use deimos.lzma and deimos.lzma_.*. > >> > >> The actual choice probably doesn't matter at all, but could we maybe > >> pick one and then stick to it (including appropriate documentation of > >> this decision, of course)? In my eyes, consistency would improve the > >> "Just Works"-appeal of Deimos by quite a bit. > >> > >> Thanks, > >> David > > > > I asked Walter about it and he preferred the modules in the root. > > Another guy claimed it would lead to namespace clashes but refused to > > elaborate. > > > > There is a lot about Deimos that isn't documented. > > It'll get there. > > Say that both liblzma and ncurses have a module called "util". What > happens if I want to use both of these libraries in the same > application. When I do "import util;" which one will the compiler pick? > > I suggest there is a root package named after the library. If people > want a deimos package, that's fine with me as well. But there has to be > a package named after the library where all modules should be located, > except for, possibly, a module that imports the whole library.
I completely agree. - Jonathan M Davis
