Karel Th�nissen wrote:

:Don Harrison wrote:
:
:> Interestingly, this issue reveals a benefit of unifying module and type.
:> A unified model that dictates unique class names (eg. Eiffel's) simplifies
:> things by allowing class names to serve a twofold purpose in clients -
:> importing modules and entity (variable or routine parameter) declarations.
:> In one fell swoop, the need for import statements ("with"), visibility
:> statements ("use"), and module prefixes for diambiguation disappear.
:
:Correct, that this is unified in Eiffel, but the problem is pushed
:towards Lace: 

Agree.

:in Lace you do more or less the same as with and use in Ada.

I would have thought it was more like just "renames".

:You cannot have human-friendly names for classes/components if you also
:want to use classes written by third party vendors. There just is no way
:to avoid vendors from using identical symbolic names for their gadgets.
:So renaming and specification of classes used remains necessary.

Agree.


Don.
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