On Sun, Sep 7, 2014 at 7:15 PM, Pierre DELAAGE <delaage.pie...@free.fr> wrote: > Hmm... > Switch strongly and definitely to C++.... > Not for fancy object programming, but for more practical syntaxES for things > like this. > > And I am an old C fan programmer... +1.
C really needs namespaces to avoid collisions and try/finally to ensure cleanup (cleanup via the finally block). Jeff > Le 08/09/2014 00:04, Kyle Hamilton a écrit : > > The reason is "legacy". Eric Young was not conscious of namespace pollution > when he implemented SSLeay; since then, even after the migration to the > OpenSSL name and team, the focus has been more on maintaining source > compatibility than in creating new interoperability opportunities. > > To meet the goal of interoperability while enabling an alternate symbolic > namespace, what would you suggest? > > -Kyle H > > On September 7, 2014 1:30:11 PM PST, "Iñaki Baz Castillo" <i...@aliax.net> > wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> RAND_xxx >> CRYPTO_xxx >> ERR_xxx >> ENGINE_xxx >> EVP_xxx >> sk_xxx >> X509_xxx >> BIGNUM_xxx >> RSA_xxx >> BN_xxx >> ASN1_xxx >> EC_xxx >> >> etc etc etc. >> >> May I understand why it was decided that OpenSSL can own all the >> prefixes or "namespaces" in the world? How is it possible that OpenSSL >> owns the ERR_ prefix (for example ERR_free_strings() and others)? >> >> OpenSSL is a library. I should be able to integrate OpenSSL into my >> own code and define my own prefixes without worrying about creating >> conflicts with the near 200 prefixes that OpenSSL owns. >> >> >> An example of a well designed C library is libuv [*], in which: >> >> * Public API functions and structs begin with uv_. >> * Private API functions begin with uv__. >> * Public macros begin UV_. >> >> That's a good design! >> >> >> PS: In my project I use both openssl and libsrtp. In which of them >> do >> you expect the following macro is defined?: >> >> SRTP_PROTECTION_PROFILE ______________________________________________________________________ OpenSSL Project http://www.openssl.org User Support Mailing List openssl-users@openssl.org Automated List Manager majord...@openssl.org
