From: Guido van Rossum Date: Wed, 26 Jan 1994 17:30:41 +0000 (+0000) Subject: Add hier module names to future plans X-Git-Tag: v1.0.1~17 X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=99bf2508197309b4118b30e7a7720f08b539aa2d;p=thirdparty%2FPython%2Fcpython.git Add hier module names to future plans --- diff --git a/Misc/FAQ b/Misc/FAQ index a85ac9c531dd..76becaa86c8e 100644 --- a/Misc/FAQ +++ b/Misc/FAQ @@ -298,17 +298,19 @@ months for the past four years. A. Without warranty that any of this will actually be realized: I am currently thinking about mechanisms for built-in on-line help and a -switch/case statement. A pthreads interface has been contributed -which I would like to merge into the latest release. The X interface -needs improving. There are also some people (independently) working -on a windowing interface based on STDWIN but with the power and ease -of use of the average modern widget set. I still hope to get some -help in producing a Windows version. It would be nice if there were a -window-based class browser (Someone at CWI has contributed one using -Motif but it needs some work). Also: improved support for embedding -Python in other applications, e.g. by renaming most global symbols to -have a "Py" prefix and providing more documentation and threading -support. +switch/case statement. There have been some discussions on +hierarchical module names which might solve the problem of the +development of large packages. A pthreads interface has been +contributed which I would like to merge into the latest release. The +X interface needs improving. There are also some people +(independently) working on a windowing interface based on STDWIN but +with the power and ease of use of the average modern widget set. I +still hope to get some help in producing a Windows version. It would +be nice if there were a window-based class browser (Someone at CWI has +contributed one using Motif but it needs some work). Also: improved +support for embedding Python in other applications, e.g. by renaming +most global symbols to have a "Py" prefix and providing more +documentation and threading support. 3. Building Python