Re: Package extensions usage

On 30 December 2015 at 10:12, Pascal J. Bourguignon pjb@informatimago.com wrote:

Oh, you're right. Now I see the light. I will therefore rename my com.informatimago.* package into 2915BB3ECC3D45029DBF41BD48508E2E.* And let's not talk about the 3 or 4 different CLON packages we have...

If nothing else, Pascal's packages are a great reason why local package nicknames are incredibly useful. I never USE packages, and always fully qualify symbols outside the current package. The informatimago packages clear, but when fully qualifying them it makes it a bit too much. Local package nicknames solves this.

If local package nicknames were available everywhere I'd rename all my packages to follow Pascal's conventions in a heartbeat.