Module names

[Per Bothner <bothner@cygnus.com>]

Can I make one request/suggestion?

I suggest using quoted names, rather than unquoted names,
for module-qualified names.  That is, instead of (for the
function make-random-state in module random in slib):
	(slib random make-random-state)
do:
	(slib 'random 'make-random-state)

The reason is that it provides compatibility with a system
where modules are first-class "environment" objects, whose
values you can query at run time.  In this model, an
environment is a mapping (procedure) from symbols to locations.

An example of how such a system might look:

Definition:  [Notice, this is the conceptual structure, and I ignore
how things are divided into different source files, separate
compilation, etc.]

(define-module slib
  (define-module random
     (define (random modu . args) ...)
     (define (make-random-state . args) ...)))

Direct usage:

((slib 'random 'random) modulus)

Of course, normally, you would use some kind of "import" or "require"
form, for example:

(import slib 'random)

(random modulus)

	--Per Bothner
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