On Tue, Jul 27, 2010 at 10:28 AM, "Vinzent Höfler" <[email protected]> wrote: > Marcos Douglas <[email protected]>: > >> > But then, IME (most) name conflicts are a sure sign of inproper names. >> Take the >> > example of "constants.pas": What sort of constants shall I expect there? >> Screen sizes, >> > color codes, electron mass or the gravitational constant? >> >> You right about "constants.pas". >> Then I would like to give other example: StrUtils.pas >> What we expect in unit StrUtils or "Strings Utilities". Is very clear. >> But we can't use this name. That is the problem (no for FPC's units >> because we all know their names). > > So we can't use it because somebody already written it for us? So why do you > want to write it again? Just kidding.
:P You know... StrUtils was just an example ;-) > (Well, if it were Ada you /could/ create a child package of StrUtils > and add your very own subroutines to the original package, but FPC isn't Ada.) That is very interesting :) > Back to your two StrUtils... Now you do what? Invent a "MyStr" namespace to > put your own "StrUtils" into it? And if somebody already did that with his > very own version of StrUtils? You rename your namespace again? > That is the problem we are discussing! =) > See my point? Actually, name clashes will occur every now and when. There is > *no* way around it unless you start the whole Java-crap with unique domain > name prefixes and even that is not 100% bullet-proof. > But you saw some ideas in this (and many others) thread? eg: uses Utils in RxLib alias RxUtils ...sounds a way to this problem. > IMO, if there is no further concept of child units (maybe similar to Ada) > there is no point in adding namespaces to FPC, it's not worth the trouble. > After all, it's still a name and if somebody else already uses it, you still > need another to disambiguate. > But if you can CHOOSE the name of alias for the units of others programmers, in MY project, then I can see a possible solution, don't you? > Funny story that is somewhat related: I know that in some town where I lived > there are two women with the exact same name, born at exactly the same date. > Shit happens. Well, one of those at least was put into another namespace > after she married. ;) > Before married, the namespace were the name of father and mother, not your name! =) Very funny... Thanks, MD _______________________________________________ fpc-pascal maillist - [email protected] http://lists.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/fpc-pascal
