On Thu, Nov 20, 2008 at 11:41:03AM +0000, Richard Jones wrote: > > The most straightforward solution to this problem to me looks like > > providing a syntax equivalent like "from Module import foo, bar" > > which selectively imports only some identifiers from a given module. > > Again, Perl gets this mostly right, in that the module developer can > define "modes of use" of the module. In Perl something like: > > use CGI qw(:standard);
That's interesting, but requires support in all involved library. Do you know how CPAN authors are required to annotate what is "standard" and what is not? Cheers. -- Stefano Zacchiroli -o- PhD in Computer Science \ PostDoc @ Univ. Paris 7 [EMAIL PROTECTED],pps.jussieu.fr,debian.org} -<>- http://upsilon.cc/zack/ Dietro un grande uomo c'è ..| . |. Et ne m'en veux pas si je te tutoie sempre uno zaino ...........| ..: |.... Je dis tu à tous ceux que j'aime _______________________________________________ Caml-list mailing list. Subscription management: http://yquem.inria.fr/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/caml-list Archives: http://caml.inria.fr Beginner's list: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ocaml_beginners Bug reports: http://caml.inria.fr/bin/caml-bugs
