Re: Alias syntax for a module that has a space in its name

[Dean Mills]

On 4/21/05, Stephen Carville <address@hidden> wrote:
> Jim.Hyslop wrote:
> > Stephen Carville wrote:
> >
> >>Jim.Hyslop wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>>Tools should conform to the way people use them. Not the
> >>
> >>other way around.
> >>
> >>Automobiles never should have forced people to adapt to using a wheel
> >>when everyone already knew how to use reins.
> >
> > O_I_see.You_are_suggesting_that_we_should_eliminate_spaces_in_every_day_use,
> > is-that-it?
> >
> 
> No.  I am reminding you that new tools sometimes require learning new ways.

Except that steering wheels are an improvement over reins when it
comes to controlling automobiles. Removing spaces, IMHO, can hardly be
classed as an improvement over using them. Just because spaces give
programmers grief doesn't mean we shouldn't support using them. If we
balked at all problems that were difficult, we wouldn't be programmers
would we?

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