Re: Planning work

[Thomas Bushnell, BSG]

Marius Vollmer <address@hidden> writes:

> address@hidden (Thomas Bushnell, BSG) writes:
> 
> > If two different modules both export the same name, what happens
> > when both modules are imported?
> 
> The module that has been imported last wins.  This is more by accident
> than by design.  I think we should report a conflict.

This is exceedingly dangerous.  Something like Common Lisps alerts and
warnings about such loads is really called for.

So what is the naming convention in use to avoid such conflicts?  Is
it the "package DASH symbol" convention (what Emacs uses)?