Am Samstag, 24. April 2004 09:23 schrieb haskell@alias.spaceandtime.org:

Hello,

Why does this fail?

========================== import System.Posix

test = Temp.mkstemp ==========================

Are the libraries hierarchical in name only?

Thanks,

James

Use import System.Posix.Temp test = mkstemp instead. The hierarchical module system was a later addition to the Haskell 98 standard which was designed to not cause modifications of large parts of the standard but only minor changes instead. The hierarchical module system just allows the dot (".") to be part of module identifiers. The hierarchy of the modules is reflected in the directory structure of the source code (and I think that this is already not demanded by the specification). Nothing more, AFAIK. Wolfgang