2011/3/29 Mike Meyer <m...@mired.org> > On Mon, 28 Mar 2011 20:50:05 -0400 > James Reeves <jree...@weavejester.com> wrote: > > > > Ah, but as in Java, the "big official libraries" such as java itself > > > starts with i.e. java.swing. But if I was to publish a utilities > > > library for swing, i would call it no.terjedahl.java.swing, so that it > > > could be used by me or others as-is, without conflict with java.swing. > > In theory this is a problem, but in practise it rarely is. Many > > languages don't prefix their namespaces with domain names, such as > > Ruby and Python, and they manage fine. > > Mostly fine, anyway. I've seen more than one Python private library > that unintentionally collided with standard library modules the author > didn't use and wasn't aware of. Trying to use both modules in the same > application was - um, interesting. > >
Especially since clojure namespaces aren't modules : they can't be loaded in memory under a specific "name" for a specific namespace, while another "version" could be loaded in memory under another specific "name" for another namespace. > <mike > -- > Mike Meyer <m...@mired.org> > http://www.mired.org/consulting.html > Independent Software developer/SCM consultant, email for more information. > > O< ascii ribbon campaign - stop html mail - www.asciiribbon.org > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Clojure" group. > To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com > Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with > your first post. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your first post. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en
