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* Help sought understanding shorthands wrt modules/packages
@ 2022-10-30  6:45 Gerd Möllmann
  2022-10-30  8:38 ` tomas
                   ` (4 more replies)
  0 siblings, 5 replies; 125+ messages in thread
From: Gerd Möllmann @ 2022-10-30  6:45 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: emacs-devel

Since Richard is swamped with mails, I'd like to try and ask some
questions here.

To start with---I have no problem understanding the shorthands
mechanism, that's easy enough.  (To be honest, I have to admit I don't
like the idea, for reasons I won't go into here, but that's another
story.  A mechanism will find its uses, I guess :-).

My problem is understanding why anyone would think shorthands are an
alternative to or substitute for packages.  I mean in principle, and
regardless of packages being Common Lisp packages or any other form of
module system.  I simply can't get it.

So, I guess my first question is: does anyone here think shorthands are
a substitute got packages, and if so could you please share your thought
why, and how one would use them for that?  If not, it might also be
helpful to know why not.

And my second question os: Because I don't get it, I'm considering the
possibility that shorthands are still incomplete, and some features are
missing that would make it a substitute for a module system.  Something
that's not documented anywhere, apparently.  If so, what is it?  Or
where is it described?  Or does someone have an idea?  You know what I
mean.

Finally, here's why I don't get the idea:

According to me, shorthands don't address the problem
packages/modules/namespaces are trying to do deal with _at all_, which
is programming in the large, which means that large programs with many
and diverse contributors suffer from name conflicts.

The reason why I think shorthands don't address that problem is pretty
simple, according to me again: The underlying one obarray can only
contain one name per symbol at a time.  So, whatever name lands in the
obarray must be unique, as it always was.  And this of course leads to
conflicts.  Whether or not the unique name can otherwise be used in
abbreviated form or not doesn't change anything in this regard.

Or am I going nuts and overlooking the obvious?








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* Re: Help sought understanding shorthands wrt modules/packages
@ 2022-11-07 21:20 Payas Relekar
  2022-11-08  9:40 ` João Távora
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 125+ messages in thread
From: Payas Relekar @ 2022-11-07 21:20 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Gerd Möllmann
  Cc: João Távora, Matt Armstrong, rms, emacs-devel

Gerd Möllmann <gerd.moellmann@gmail.com> writes:

> On 08.11.22 05:52, João Távora wrote:
>> Which reminds me.... I wonder if Gerd's branch also comes with a programmable
>> interactive restart system :-)
>
> Pssst, not so loud... :-)

With proper namespaces and programmable interactive restarts, who needs
Common Lisp, right? ;)
--



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2022-10-30  6:45 Help sought understanding shorthands wrt modules/packages Gerd Möllmann
2022-10-30  8:38 ` tomas
2022-10-30  8:54   ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-10-30  9:14     ` tomas
2022-10-30 10:26       ` Gerd Möllmann
2022-10-30 10:52         ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-10-30 11:24           ` Is there a need for a module system Gerd Möllmann
2022-10-30 11:38             ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-10-30 14:03               ` Gerd Möllmann
2022-10-30 10:40       ` Help sought understanding shorthands wrt modules/packages Eli Zaretskii
2022-10-30 11:06         ` tomas
2022-10-30 11:19           ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-10-30 12:50 ` Stefan Monnier
2022-10-30 13:48   ` Gerd Möllmann
2022-10-30 14:25     ` Stefan Monnier
2022-10-31  6:31       ` Gerd Möllmann
2022-10-30 20:16 ` Helmut Eller
2022-10-31  6:27   ` Gerd Möllmann
2022-10-31 12:13     ` Juanma Barranquero
2022-10-31 12:57       ` Gerd Möllmann
2022-10-31 13:38         ` Juanma Barranquero
2022-10-31 19:53         ` Stefan Monnier
2022-11-11  4:35         ` Richard Stallman
2022-11-11  9:33           ` Gerd Möllmann
2022-11-13  4:17             ` Richard Stallman
2022-11-13  6:41               ` Gerd Möllmann
2022-11-03  3:17     ` Richard Stallman
2022-11-03  5:33       ` Gerd Möllmann
2022-11-03  3:17     ` Richard Stallman
2022-11-03  8:12       ` Michael Albinus
2022-11-03  3:17     ` Richard Stallman
2022-11-03  8:46       ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-11-05 16:49         ` Richard Stallman
2022-11-05 17:04           ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-11-07  7:47             ` Richard Stallman
2022-11-07 12:52               ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-11-08  6:19               ` Gerd Möllmann
2022-11-08  9:54                 ` João Távora
2022-11-08 10:35                   ` Gerd Möllmann
2022-11-08 15:40                     ` João Távora
2022-11-08 15:47                     ` Stefan Kangas
2022-11-08 22:43                       ` João Távora
2022-11-09  6:57                         ` Gerd Möllmann
2022-11-09  7:23                       ` Gerd Möllmann
2022-11-11  4:34                     ` Richard Stallman
2022-11-11  9:25                       ` Gerd Möllmann
2022-11-12  3:35                         ` Richard Stallman
2022-11-19 22:51                           ` [External] : " Drew Adams
2022-11-20  7:18                             ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-11-20 18:55                               ` [External] : " Drew Adams
2022-11-20 19:02                                 ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-11-22 12:14                                 ` [External] : " Richard Stallman
2022-11-22 14:22                                   ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-11-20  8:08                             ` Gerd Möllmann
2022-11-12  3:35                         ` Richard Stallman
2022-11-22 19:37                         ` Matt Armstrong
2022-11-23  7:33                           ` Juanma Barranquero
2022-11-26 23:32                             ` Richard Stallman
2022-11-27  9:05                               ` Juanma Barranquero
2022-11-30 23:55                                 ` Richard Stallman
2022-11-23  7:42                           ` Gerd Möllmann
2022-12-14 22:21                             ` Richard Stallman
2022-12-15  6:47                               ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-12-17 14:53                                 ` Richard Stallman
2022-11-22 18:01                       ` Matt Armstrong
2022-11-22 18:44                         ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-11-23  0:55                           ` Matt Armstrong
2022-11-23  7:49                             ` Gerd Möllmann
2022-11-23 12:18                             ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-11-11  4:35                 ` Richard Stallman
2022-11-11  9:35                   ` Gerd Möllmann
2022-11-11 12:09                     ` João Távora
2022-11-11 13:01                       ` Gerd Möllmann
2022-11-11 14:23                         ` João Távora
2022-11-11 15:12                           ` Gerd Möllmann
2022-11-12  9:17                             ` João Távora
2022-11-12 13:00                               ` Gerd Möllmann
2022-11-12  3:35                     ` Richard Stallman
2022-11-05 21:47           ` Eduardo Ochs
2022-11-06  9:05           ` Michael Albinus
2022-11-06 11:19             ` João Távora
2022-11-11  4:35               ` Richard Stallman
2022-11-11 10:09                 ` João Távora
2022-11-12  3:35                   ` Richard Stallman
2022-11-12 10:11                     ` João Távora
2022-11-12 14:36                       ` Dmitry Gutov
2022-11-12 15:20                         ` João Távora
2022-11-12 17:32                           ` Dmitry Gutov
2022-11-12 18:45                             ` João Távora
2022-11-14  1:03                               ` Dmitry Gutov
2022-11-14  6:33                                 ` João Távora
2022-11-14 11:41                                   ` Dmitry Gutov
2022-11-14 13:41                                     ` João Távora
2022-11-14  3:13                             ` Richard Stallman
2022-11-11  4:35             ` Richard Stallman
2022-11-11  8:53               ` Michael Albinus
2022-11-11  4:35   ` Richard Stallman
2022-11-11  7:10     ` Helmut Eller
2022-11-01  3:11 ` Ag Ibragimov
2022-11-02 20:11 ` João Távora
2022-11-03  5:12   ` Gerd Möllmann
2022-11-03 20:04     ` A short defense of shorthands.el (but CL packages are still better) (Was: Help sought understanding shorthands wrt modules/packages) João Távora
2022-11-04  3:28       ` Richard Stallman
2022-11-05  1:09         ` A short defense of shorthands.el (but CL packages are still better) João Távora
2022-11-07  7:44           ` Richard Stallman
2022-11-07 10:18             ` João Távora
2022-11-08  5:02               ` Richard Stallman
2022-11-08  5:18                 ` João Távora
2022-11-05  3:13     ` Help sought understanding shorthands wrt modules/packages Richard Stallman
2022-11-06 11:31       ` João Távora
2022-11-08  0:27         ` Matt Armstrong
2022-11-08  4:52           ` João Távora
2022-11-08  5:34             ` Gerd Möllmann
2022-11-09  4:03           ` Richard Stallman
2022-11-09  5:42             ` Yuri Khan
2022-11-09  5:48               ` tomas
2022-11-09  6:02             ` Matt Armstrong
2022-11-09  7:15               ` Juanma Barranquero
2022-11-09  8:34               ` Gerd Möllmann
2022-11-09 10:07             ` Helmut Eller
2022-11-09 18:22               ` Matt Armstrong
2022-11-09  4:03           ` Richard Stallman
2022-11-09  5:13             ` Matt Armstrong
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2022-11-07 21:20 Payas Relekar
2022-11-08  9:40 ` João Távora

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