"Manuel M. T. Chakravarty" wrote:
Like with soname, we could have optional version numbers at the end of each name, which defaults to the latest version if no version is given.
Yes, this seems reasonable. The exact mechanism might need some careful agreement between compilers. For instance, is the "real" name of the library Graphics.UI.Gtk or Graphics.UI.Gtk_1_2 ? In either case, the actual layout in filespace can be handled with symbolic links, e.g. Graphics/UI/Gtk.hs -- symbolic link to Gtk_1_2.hs Graphics/UI/Gtk_1_2.hs -- the real module At the moment, nhc98 will flag a warning (for instance) that module Gtk is called Gtk_1_2 in its interface file but this is harmless. I don't know how GHC currently copes with this kind of module/filename conflict? Regards, Malcolm