Rename "modules" to "namespaces"

Question

Rename "modules" to "namespaces"

sebastian-lenz opened this issue 9 years ago · 9 comments

Starting with TypeScript 1.5 we have namespaces that will/should replace modules, see here. I would like to rename the documentation output accordingly as I always struggled with the distinction between "modules" and "external modules".

Old name	New name
Module	Namespace
External module	Module

This would break existing urls and might interfere with other things but I think it's worth the trouble. Any opinions on this?

indus commented 9 years ago

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bd82 commented 9 years ago

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jasongrout commented 9 years ago

+1

Chowarmaan commented 9 years ago

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MatthieuLebigre commented 8 years ago

+1

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Answer 1 · 2015-09-18T15:55:56.000Z

I'd like this, but we don't have many links to our docs to break.

Answer 2 · 2016-01-26T06:44:44.000Z

Please rename it.
"External Module" is very confusing.

Answer 3 · 2018-11-01T21:38:21.000Z

This seems like low hanging fruit. The solution should have a way for projects to avoid breaking existing links. Text and URL changes could be completed as separate PRs

Answer 4 · 2020-01-03T21:59:40.000Z

This might be low hanging fruit to someone familiar with the codebase, but there's a lot of potential for breakage in unexpected places from what I've seen with some experimenting with this last week. If you want to give this a shot, feel free, but I wouldn't say it's the easiest issue wanting help.