[swift-build-dev] Namespacing SPM modules (was Re: [swift-dev] Right list?)

[Erica Sadun]

Practical answer: module collision is expected to be a very rare event. Even the need to differentiate NSView.print and Swift.print almost never happens.

Philosophical answer: It is not the role of a language or package manager to interfere with a developer's ability to make bad naming choices. 

With regard to your example: I think it's unlikely that anyone would use more than one Alamofire implementation, and if they do, they have control over what name that is given, whether it is Alamofire_1, Alamofire_Network, Network, etc.  Renaming is not going to be a common or recommended event. 

I'd even go as far as to recommend that the SPManager warn when names are given to packages where there is not a collision.

-- E

> On Mar 2, 2016, at 9:09 AM, Kostiantyn Koval <konstantin.koval1 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> This looks good but I have 1 concern
> With this functionality the users of a package can change the package name given by author, to own custom.
> 
> Example:
> let package = Package(
>   name: “MyApp”
>   dependencies: [
>       .Package(url: "https://github.com/Alamofire/Alamofire <https://github.com/Alamofire/Alamofire>", localName: “Network")
>   ]
> )
> 
> //App.Swift
> import Network 
> …
> 
> When reading this code it’s not clear that Network is just name alias for Alamofire without looking at Manifest.swift file.
> 
>> 
> 

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