On Thursday, April 30, 2015 at 9:00:08 PM UTC+8, mflatt wrote: > > > I'm enthusiastic about this effort to improve terminology! For now, >
Great > > Ok. I'd use the word "declared" instead of "defined" for modules. > alright > > > The section organizing modules sets the stage for this. So I gather > that > > within that discussion it would make sense to interject at some point > that > > such the organization of modules being described is called a > *collection*. > > Yes. > I'll make a mod for that. > > > > > In the context of racket, what does 'library' mean? > > I use "library" to refer to a module --- particularly one that is meant > > > See also 4.2.1 in the Scribble manual (which is probably not the right > place for that information, but no one has moved it to the overall > Racket style guide, so far.) > > ok I'll look at that and move the material > > Dearsay it seems that > > in some places modules are called libraries, and in other places > > collections are called libraries, and in yet other places the term > library > > seems to indicate that something is installed in a standard place. > > Can you point to a place where "library" refers to a collection? That > sounds like a mistake to me. > Got this impression from the heading name "6.1.2 Library Collections", though the text in that section then talks about library modules ( *library *as opposed to *non-library*? so library modules make library collections but non-library modules make for ? ..) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Racket Developers" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/racket-dev/5817c9da-947b-42fd-b12e-9fb107022a30%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
