Paul Mensonides wrote: > Joel de Guzman wrote: > >> Looks good. But why not overload the name "namespace" in as much >> as the CPP overloads #if #else ? I think the syntax should give a >> nice feeling since it is already looks like something C++ >> programmers are >> already accustomed to: > >> Either way, any syntax will do as long as it works :) If you really >> want to go the import/export route, consider a modula-2-ish syntax: > > I actual names of the directives I don't really care about. > #region/#endreg, #scope/#endscope, #module/#endmodule are all fine > with me. I don't personally like #namespace/#endnamespace, but I > could live with it. What I want (and what we need) is the more > general mechanism allowing named scopes. My proposal, including > import/export, would allow both the current model and the more > general model.
Yes.... It's the bicycle shed... again :-) Whichever will do. I do think that the modula-ish export/import is nice. Modula-2's module mechanism is already very mature so I guess if it's based on it, we are on the right track. Now that there's Wave, I guess there's no harm and we can start experimenting on this. Regards, -- Joel de Guzman joel at boost-consulting.com http://www.boost-consulting.com http://spirit.sf.net _______________________________________________ Unsubscribe & other changes: http://lists.boost.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/boost
