[m-dev.] module system discussion

[Peter Ross]

On Tue, Dec 11, 2001 at 12:53:25PM +1100, Fergus Henderson wrote:
> 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 ;-)
> 
You should use transparent sub-modules when you need to avoid namespace
conflicts, but the entities you wish to qualify belong conceptually
together.
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