Walter Bright wrote:
Bernard Helyer wrote:
I guess the trouble is if you use a special syntax like `import
http.`, then one has to modify the source of the application to
install it locally, no?
I'd like to emphasize that this idea is specifically about not having to
install anything. You just type the correct package name in the import
declaration, and the compiler system takes care of the rest.
He meant something else - the fact that changing one's mind about a
package's location (remote vs. local) entails doing surgery on the
source code.
Andrei