Re: Proper namespaces in Elisp

[Vladimir Sedach]

João Távora <address@hidden> writes:
>> Common Lisp does not do a good job of this, because whether or not a
>> symbol's package prefix is printed depends on the current package you
>> are in when printing.
>
> How is that a flaw?

You just pointed it out:

> If you want to always print/read consistently, print everything
> from a package that doesn't use any other package, even :CL
> SLIME/SLY do that.

To get reading of printed s-expressions to work reliably in Common
Lisp requires a lot of coordination (not just packages). Any Elisp
namespace system should not add extra burden to reading of printed
s-expressions.

This is very on-topic, and also a good argument to avoid "magic
comments" and per-file settings. For example, if file A is
read/loaded, then file B is read/loaded, the effect should be the
same as reading/loading the concatenation of A and B. It is not clear
if this would be the case with Nic's proposal.

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