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This is what Emacs Lisp has, and what indeed does happen with libraries
by john2x 1y ago
This is what Emacs Lisp has, and what indeed does happen with libraries
- _Wintermute 1y agoHappens with R as well where everything gets dumped into a global namespace. It's a huge mess. If you're lucky all functions will have a common prefix str_* or fct_*. If you're unlucky then you have to figure out which package has clobbered a standard library function, or the exact ordering of your package import statements you need for your code to run.
- bfung 1y agoSame with S3 object names. There’s no directories in S3, just object names. The feature of the object names being hierarchical with “/“ delimiters are out of habit and easier to reason about for the avg user.