Re: summer of code ideas

[Jose A. Ortega Ruiz]

On Mon, Mar 07 2011, Mike Gran wrote:

[...]

> A similar idea.
>
> Define a syntax for use-modules to pull modules off the net, something 
> like
>
>    (use-modules (url://a-url.com library module #:optional a-rev-number))
>

FWIW, i think this is a bad idea.  It intermingles two concerns that are
othogonal, namely installing a package and using it.  I don't want to
have to specify in my code where a module comes from.  This is how
PLaneT currently works, and their experience has been so negative that
they're redesigning the whole thing now.

jao
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