Re: What replaces scm_register_module_xxx (Doc update?)

[Dirk Herrmann]

On 17 Aug 2002, Neil Jerram wrote:

> >>>>> "Dirk" == Dirk Herrmann <address@hidden> writes:
> 
>     Dirk> On 12 Aug 2002, Marius Vollmer wrote:
> 
>     >> A Guile module is a data structure with the features described in the
>     >> following sections.  You can work directly with the data structure in
>     >> your programs, but normally you refer to them indirectly via the
>     >> familiar hierachical names like @code{(ice-9 popen)}.
> 
>     Dirk> I think it would be helpfull to explain that there is no 
> relationship
>     Dirk> between modules named (a b) and (a b c).  People might assume that 
> there
>     Dirk> is some subset/superset relationship.  Especially since I remember 
> that
>     Dirk> once there was such a concept in guile.
> 
> There still is.  In this case, and assuming that both modules have
> been loaded, there is a variable named `c' in (a b) whose value is the
> module (a b c).

Is this just historical cruft?

Best regards,
Dirk