Alex Kost <alez...@gmail.com> skribis: > Ludovic Courtès (2015-12-30 18:51 +0300) wrote: > >> Alex Kost <alez...@gmail.com> skribis: > [...] >>> Originally Fabian sent a patch for separate "xaos.scm" file. Then >>> Andreas suggested to move it to "maths.scm". But this will lead to the >>> mentioned circularity: >>> (gnu packages image) already uses (gnu packages maths) >>> and after this patch: >>> (gnu packages maths) will use (gnu packages image). >>> >>> Is it OK to leave it like this, or should 'xaos' be left in a >>> separate file? >> >> It’s OK to leave it as is. >> >> Module circularity are not a problem, unless there are circular >> *top-level* references. > > Great! Though I believe it's preferable to avoid module circularities > if possible, right?
Yes, but it’s also hard, unless there’s one package per module. Ludo’.
