Re: Perl 6 modules plan

On Mon, Aug 13, 2001 at 10:02:29AM -0500, Jarkko Hietaniemi wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 13, 2001 at 09:46:13AM -0500, Garrett Goebel wrote:
> > From: Jarkko Hietaniemi [mailto:[email protected]]
> > > 
> > > Remember, the goal for Perl 6 is to allow several modules sharing
> > > the same name.
> > 
> > Don't you mean several modules sharing a common named interface?
> 
> For now, module name.
> 
> There is no spec for our mythical 'interfaces' yet so it's quite
> pointless to state much anything about them.

Other than that they are a desirable goal that Larry's thinking about.

But I'd expect a names interface mechanism to be layered on top of the
underlying name + author + version mechanism anyway.

Tim.