Re: Symbolic names vs. port references

2009-07-16 Thread olafBuddenhagen
Hi, On Tue, Jun 30, 2009 at 03:32:09PM +0200, Carl Fredrik Hammar wrote: > The first one I have considered is the ability to load different but > compatible versions of the module. For instance, so that one can load > a module with debugging symbols when debugging. [...] > Though this is mostly

Symbolic names vs. port references (was Re: Code trust by reverse authentication)

2009-06-30 Thread Carl Fredrik Hammar
Hi, On Mon, Jun 29, 2009 at 11:23:34AM +0200, Carl Fredrik Hammar wrote: > > > The only real problem with specifying the module by port is that the > > > receiver needs to load the exact same module and not a copy of it. > > > > I don't consider that a problem :-) > > Consider Alice who wishes t