[m-dev.] module system discussion

[Fergus Henderson]

On 11-Dec-2001, Simon Taylor <stayl at cs.mu.OZ.AU> wrote:
> On 11-Dec-2001, Fergus Henderson <fjh at cs.mu.OZ.AU> wrote:
> > On 30-Nov-2001, Simon Taylor <stayl at cs.mu.OZ.AU> wrote:
> > > 
> > > I'm not proposing the `:- transparent_module' extension just
> > > for .NET. I am arguing that it is generally good style to qualify
> > > class method names with the class name, and that it is worth adding
> > > a small extension to the module system to make that more convenient.
> > > This hasn't come up before because we haven't used typeclasses much
> > > before, and especially not in large module hierarchies.
> > 
> > Wouldn't ordinary nested modules and `:- use_hierarchy' suffice,
> > both for Mercury type classes, and for interfacing with .NET?
> 
> I don't think it's OK to have to `:- use_hierarchy System'
> to use the classes defined at the top level.

If you have a deep hierarchy, then I would argue that it is bad style
to define classes at the top level anyway; they should be defined
in modules at the leaves of the hierarchy.

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The University of Melbourne         |  of excellence is a lethal habit"
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