Nils Gillmann transcribed 2.1K bytes: > Okay, here's what I learned: > > * except for source code, the modules itself in Guile aren't very > * detailed documented. The documentation is good, but... ... it's > * nowhere mentioned that you can have a module (foo bar baz) and > * possibly also (foo bar baz kim) but (foo baz bar bar) will lead to > * the error I described. > > So until I read into the core of Guile, I have 2 questions: > > 1. Is there a module name maximum length? -> So far I have encountered > very short module names in the wild, 3 the longest. > > 2. Is this really a module length problem? -> I have a functional set > of packages elsewhere, my non-core packages, named like (ports editors > foo foo) and so forth and they cause no problems. It's just weird to > me that the modules in ports and elsewhere work but in pkgs I can't > dissect the exact problem so far. I'm okay with any namespace, so > I'll simply remove the last element of the module names. > > I'd like to improve documentations or other relevant places if > what I experienced is some kind of corner case in module naming, > be it in Guix or Guile... or just to note what to avoid with > regards to modules.
Actually the problem is not really module names I just found out. But I'm still curious about any possible guile module naming related limits and hints from people working longer with Guile.
