Christian Brolin wrote:
I think it is better to explicitly distinguish between absolute and relative addresses of imported modules. It would be easier for a reader (e.g. a compiler) to find the modules. Absolutely imported modules are found by looking in the set of roots, while the others are found relative to the position of the current module.
I know that relative addressing is important for many practical tasks. I'm not yet sufficiently convinced that it is very useful in module namespaces. Ok, so actually I can see that it is extremely useful if modules are commonly going to move from one part of the namespace to another (the canonical example being a move from a non-standard hierarchy into a "Std." hierarchy). However, several people have expressed doubts about whether a "Std." hierarchy is the correct thing, and no-one except me has tried to defend the idea. If we throw away the "Std." hierarchy, then I'm not sure what compelling reasons remain for relative module imports? Regards, Malcolm