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WRT modules, that seems like very confusing terminology. It seems to me that vgo calls what all others call packages moduels, and the fact that module is a rea

• lobster_johnson 8y ago
  Go already has "packages", so it's not something that can be used for what vgo calls modules. A Go package is similar to a Java or Python package; it's just a namespace. A vgo module can be thought of as a collection of packages that have a version number and a single canonical name. I don't find the terms particularly confusing, given that Go doesn't already have anything called a module. It would really only be confusing if you're deep into another language that has "packages" and "modules". I personally don't find it difficult to context switch like that.
  • gkya 8y ago
    AFAIK for many languages a module is a unit of source code, e.g. a .py file for Python, and many modules constitute a package. And many times C/C++ are criticised for not having "modules" and for people having to #include header files which need to be maintained as a redundant module interface for the .o files. In Haskell every file generally starts with "module ModName where", and again, many modules make up a package. Certainly it's not that big of a confusion, but still will probably be one in discussions, especially for polyglot programmers.