Deimos: Consistent structure?

[Kapps]

This seems the obvious choice to me. Something like "import 
ncurses.util" seems natural and, well, package based.

On 21/11/2011 1:31 AM, 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.
>