[m-dev.] module system discussion

[Tyson Dowd]

On 11-Dec-2001, Ralph Becket <rafe at cs.mu.OZ.AU> wrote:
> Fergus Henderson, Tuesday, 11 December 2001:
> > Another question: if the `:- transparent_module' extension was added to
> > Mercury, what guidelines should we give Mercury developers about when to
> > use transparent sub-modules and when to use ordinary (opaque) sub-modules?
> > 
> > As defender of language minimalism, my personal take on that would
> > be to advise Mercury developers to always use ordinary sub-modules,
> > and never use transparent sub-modules... in which case, of course,
> > we should not add the `:- transparent_module' extension ;-)
> 
> I'm in agreement with Fergus on this one.

Well by this logic we can certainly remove all those (non-minimalist)
functions which you and Fergus see quite keen on adding to the language
and library all over the place...

If you two are now the defenders of language minimalism, I guess we should
all welcome you to your new jobs...

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