[erlang-questions] Why do we need modules at all?

[Parnell Springmeyer]

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I actually came here to suggest Python's implementation of packages and
modules - it confuses a lot of people at first, but it's actually quite
powerful and I wish Erlang would do something more like it.

Packages are a group of modules (modules are files in python, just like
erlang) that can be sub-divided into sub-packages within that package
using the filesystem, __init__.py files and naming. My apologies if this
is already understood.

The language I would point at as an example of a "mess" would be
something like PHP.

To comment on your suggestion: I much like the idea being able to
inherit modules, to do it the "Erlang way", I think that may be one of
the better and least painful-to-change routes.

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Parnell "ixmatus" Springmeyer (http://ixmat.us)
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