Re: [OT] modules vs filenames in "module-name == filename" package systems

2010-07-08 Thread Bruno Medeiros
On 29/06/2010 19:51, Nick Sabalausky wrote: In a language that has a package system that forces package names to be the same as the directory name, and module names to be the same the file name (Such as Java, but not D): What is the point of having packages/modules instead of just simply importin

Re: [OT] modules vs filenames in "module-name == filename" package systems

2010-06-29 Thread Todd VanderVeen
== Quote from Todd VanderVeen (t...@part.net)'s article > == Quote from Steven Schveighoffer (schvei...@yahoo.com)'s article > > On Tue, 29 Jun 2010 14:51:49 -0400, Nick Sabalausky wrote: > > > In a language that has a package system that forces package names to be > > > the > > > same as the dire

Re: [OT] modules vs filenames in "module-name == filename" package systems

2010-06-29 Thread Todd VanderVeen
== Quote from Steven Schveighoffer (schvei...@yahoo.com)'s article > On Tue, 29 Jun 2010 14:51:49 -0400, Nick Sabalausky wrote: > > In a language that has a package system that forces package names to be > > the > > same as the directory name, and module names to be the same the file name > > (Suc

Re: [OT] modules vs filenames in "module-name == filename" package systems

2010-06-29 Thread Steven Schveighoffer
On Tue, 29 Jun 2010 14:51:49 -0400, Nick Sabalausky wrote: In a language that has a package system that forces package names to be the same as the directory name, and module names to be the same the file name (Such as Java, but not D): What is the point of having packages/modules instead of j

Re: [OT] modules vs filenames in "module-name == filename" package systems

2010-06-29 Thread Todd VanderVeen
== Quote from Todd VanderVeen (t...@part.net)'s article > == Quote from Nick Sabalausky (a...@a.a)'s article > > In a language that has a package system that forces package names to be the > > same as the directory name, and module names to be the same the file name > > (Such as Java, but not D): W

Re: [OT] modules vs filenames in "module-name == filename" package systems

2010-06-29 Thread Todd VanderVeen
== Quote from Nick Sabalausky (a...@a.a)'s article > In a language that has a package system that forces package names to be the > same as the directory name, and module names to be the same the file name > (Such as Java, but not D): What is the point of having packages/modules > instead of just si

[OT] modules vs filenames in "module-name == filename" package systems

2010-06-29 Thread Nick Sabalausky
In a language that has a package system that forces package names to be the same as the directory name, and module names to be the same the file name (Such as Java, but not D): What is the point of having packages/modules instead of just simply importing by a relative filepath? Is it just so tha