On Sun, 6 May 2018 09:11:23 +0700 Ryan Joseph <r...@thealchemistguild.com> wrote:
> > On May 6, 2018, at 12:23 AM, Sven Barth via fpc-pascal > > <fpc-pascal@lists.freepascal.org> wrote: > > > > For some users it might be cumbersome however to write the complete names > > (even though their IDE of choice might support them here) or maybe they > > have different sets of units with same names and interfaces, but different > > namespaces (e.g. ProductX and ProductY which contain wrappers units for the > > 3rd party products X and Y with a common interface). Of course in the > > latter case these can be switched using ifdefs or some creative usage of > > macros, but that can be done simpler. > > I don’t understand what this is for because “namespaces” in FPC are optional > anyways right? I’ve only used them to resolve name conflicts but if they’re > optional then doesn’t that implicitly imply they're default also? Maybe a > concrete example would help to explain. He meant: If you use units with namespaces and you can't use the -FN option, then it becomes cumbersome to write them. Then a unit directive would be nice to have. Mattias _______________________________________________ fpc-pascal maillist - fpc-pascal@lists.freepascal.org http://lists.freepascal.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fpc-pascal
