More rant on names

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Adam's rant

I really dislike overly generic names. I also dislike arbitrary names. But I kinda like a combination of them.

import mp3; for example is too generic. There's probably competitors with the same name and it will conflict. import adamscode; is too arbitrary and doesn't tell you what it is.

But import adamscode.mp3; is nice - it is unique and descriptive.

If I was in charge of the dub registry, I would require all modules use this kind of pattern. (And I'd make the module name have some direct relationship to the package name so it is easy to find too). Alas.