Abstract Modules (was Re: erl_eval.erl : Mucho weirdness)

[Sean Hinde]

On 25 May 2005, at 12:36, Vlad Dumitrescu wrote:

> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Sean Hinde" <sean.hinde@REDACTED>
>
>> I would like to see the introduction of a "Named Abstract Module".
>> This could be as simple as an abstract module which once initialised
>> can only be called by its normal name. This could usefully have
>> "qssign once" semantics - once initialised it would be illegal (throw
>> exception) to re-initialise it.
>>
>
> This can easily be implemented like for any data that needs to be  
> accessible
> by name from anywhere: store {Name, Data} in a global ets table.
>
> Or do you mean that there should be a way to use the name (atom) as a
> regular module name in function calls, and the name-to-module  
> translation
> should be done behind the scenes?

Yes, this is what I meant, only much less elegantly put :)

Sean