On 23/03/2016 13:02, Russell Gold wrote:
I'm not sure that I understand your mail. Are you asking why are modules are supported at compile-time? Or are you asking why the compiler doesn't allow packages to be split between the unnamed module and a named module?: Why does the module concept even need to exist at that point? Seems to me that it is much simpler to treat them as classes on the class path rather than a module. The module status can come in during packaging, no?
-Alan.