Subject: Re: Hierarchical module namespace extension not sufficiently flexible
From: Duncan Coutts <[email-masked]>
To: [email-masked]
Cc: [email-masked]
Date: Mon, 23 Jan 2006 20:02:53 +0000
List-Id: Haskell' - A Haskell Standard Revision - discussion list <haskell-prime.haskell.org>

On Mon, 2006-01-23 at 19:54 +0100, Sebastian Sylvan wrote:
> On 1/23/06, Duncan Coutts <[email-masked]> wrote:

> > Basically what I want is an extension which allows me to write:
> >
> > > import Graphics.UI.Gtk
> > and then use
> > > ... Button.label ...
> >
> 
> There seems to be a suggestion already which would solve this:
> http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/haskell-prime/wiki/ModuleSystem
> 
> Basically put:
> qualified module GTK.Button as Button
> 
> In the export list.

Yes this was one of the semi-formal proposals that got suggested. I'm
not sure we came to a final conclusion about what the extension exactly
meant. It would definitely be a good place to start the discussion in
the context of the Haskell' process.

Duncan

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