Deimos: Consistent structure?

[Jonathan M Davis]

On Monday, November 21, 2011 08:31:32 Jacob Carlborg wrote:
> On 2011-11-20 22:52, Jude Young wrote:
> > On Sun 20 Nov 2011 02:20:18 PM CST, David Nadlinger wrote:
> >> Hey all,
> >> 
> >> currently, the 0mq and ncurses Deimos bindings place their modules in
> >> the root (both package- and directory-wise), while the liblzma ones
> >> use deimos.lzma and deimos.lzma_.*.
> >> 
> >> The actual choice probably doesn't matter at all, but could we maybe
> >> pick one and then stick to it (including appropriate documentation of
> >> this decision, of course)? In my eyes, consistency would improve the
> >> "Just Works"-appeal of Deimos by quite a bit.
> >> 
> >> Thanks,
> >> David
> > 
> > I asked Walter about it and he preferred the modules in the root.
> > Another guy claimed it would lead to namespace clashes but refused to
> > elaborate.
> > 
> > There is a lot about Deimos that isn't documented.
> > It'll get there.
> 
> Say that both liblzma and ncurses have a module called "util". What
> happens if I want to use both of these libraries in the same
> application. When I do "import util;" which one will the compiler pick?
> 
> I suggest there is a root package named after the library. If people
> want a deimos package, that's fine with me as well. But there has to be
> a package named after the library where all modules should be located,
> except for, possibly, a module that imports the whole library.

I completely agree.

- Jonathan M Davis