Re: Overuse of strings

[Ray Blaak <blaak@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> One way to disambiguate would be to give the module name a single
> fixed position in all import statements (requiring a separate import
> clause for each module):
>
>  (import <module-name> <import-modifier>*)
>  
Yes. Much better.

> and the modifiers are applied in the order they appear.  So the
> example from the draft:
>
>  (import (only "stack" make push! pop!)
>          (add-prefix "balloons" balloon:))
>  (import (add-prefix (rename (only "stack" make push! pop!)
>                              (make create))
>                       stack:))
> becomes (modulo any changes to the module naming convention)
>
>  (import "stack" (only make push! pop!))
>  (import "balloons" (add-prefix balloon:))
>  (import "stack" (only make push! pop!)
>                  (rename (make create))
>                  (add-prefix stack:))
>  
Look at how much easier that is to read! That is much more natural for 
the common case.

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Cheers,
Ray Blaak
blaak@xxxxxxxxxxxx