[imp-hackers] Hierarchical packages (Was Re: cl-ext:exit)

[Raymond Toy]

Sam Steingold wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 10, 2009 at 11:51 AM, Juan Jose
> Garcia-Ripoll<juanjose.garciaripoll at googlemail.com> wrote:
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>> ECL Supoprts hierarchical package names and some other people mimic it
>> with dots.
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> what's the semantics?
>   
I don't know what ECL does, but CMUCL also supports hierarchical
packages based on
http://www.franz.com/support/tech_corner/hierpackuser.lhtml

Presumably ECL uses this too.

I think relative package names are also interesting, and, perhaps, more
useful than hierarchical packages.

Ray