On Thursday 04 September 2014 16:37:14 John Ralls wrote:
> On Sep 4, 2014, at 4:18 PM, Geert Janssens wrote:
> > On Thursday 04 September 2014 15:11:59 John Ralls wrote:
> > > On Sep 4, 2014, at 9:04 AM, Frank H. Ellenberger
> > >
wrote:
> > >
> > > > - Explanation of namespaces gnc_, qof_, xa
This topic was lightly touched in the doxygen/design thread currently active on
this list. I
thought it to be important enough to start a new thread on it.
Historically, gnucash as acquired a lot of namespaces (think function and type
prefixes) for
various reasons.
Some examples:
* The oldest
On Sep 5, 2014, at 2:46 AM, Geert Janssens wrote:
> This topic was lightly touched in the doxygen/design thread currently active
> on this list. I
> thought it to be important enough to start a new thread on it.
>
> Historically, gnucash as acquired a lot of namespaces (think function and
>
On Fri, Sep 5, 2014 at 11:08 AM, John Ralls wrote:
> So the question becomes:
> * Is Gnc OK for the namespace name?
> * Do we want to use camel-case or underscore-separated function and
> variable names?
>
> N.B. The C++ code above mirrors the old C code to emphasize the different
> naming and ca
On Sep 5, 2014, at 11:26 AM, Buddha Buck wrote:
>
> When every method name has to be Hungarian-notated to work with
> pseudonamespaces, short namespace abbreviations make sense.
>
> But with true namespaces, using directives, and namespace aliasing
> available in C++, I see benefits in readabili
On Sep 5, 2014, at 10:02 AM, Mike Alexander wrote:
> On Sep 5, 2014, at 11:26 AM, Buddha Buck wrote:
>>
>> When every method name has to be Hungarian-notated to work with
>> pseudonamespaces, short namespace abbreviations make sense.
>>
>> But with true namespaces, using directives, and names
