Re: a GUIX_PACKAGE_PATH / modules puzzle

[Nils Gillmann <ng0@n0.is>]

Nils Gillmann transcribed 2.1K bytes:
> Okay, here's what I learned:
> 
> * except for source code, the modules itself in Guile aren't very
> * detailed documented. The documentation is good, but...  ... it's
> * nowhere mentioned that you can have a module (foo bar baz) and
> * possibly also (foo bar baz kim) but (foo baz bar bar) will lead to
> * the error I described.
> 
> So until I read into the core of Guile, I have 2 questions:
> 
> 1. Is there a module name maximum length? -> So far I have encountered
> very short module names in the wild, 3 the longest.
> 
> 2. Is this really a module length problem? -> I have a functional set
> of packages elsewhere, my non-core packages, named like (ports editors
> foo foo) and so forth and they cause no problems. It's just weird to
> me that the modules in ports and elsewhere work but in pkgs I can't
> dissect the exact problem so far. I'm okay with any namespace, so
> I'll simply remove the last element of the module names.
> 
> I'd like to improve documentations or other relevant places if
> what I experienced is some kind of corner case in module naming,
> be it in Guix or Guile... or just to note what to avoid with
> regards to modules.


Actually the problem is not really module names I just found out.

But I'm still curious about any possible guile module naming related limits
and hints from people working longer with Guile.