<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote">On 30 December 2015 at 10:12, Pascal J. Bourguignon <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:pjb@informatimago.com" target="_blank">pjb@informatimago.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Oh, you're right. Now I see the light. I will therefore rename my com.informatimago.* package into 2915BB3ECC3D45029DBF41BD48508E2E.*<br>
And let's not talk about the 3 or 4 different CLON packages we have...</blockquote><div><br></div><div>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.</div><div><br></div><div>If local package nicknames were available everywhere I'd rename all my packages to follow Pascal's conventions in a heartbeat.</div></div></div></div>