On Tue, Apr 24, 2001 at 02:47:49PM -0700, burtonator wrote: > > No. Just name it 'freenet' instead of 'Freenet'. There are some strong > technical reasons why you should have packages as lowercase: > > > A lot of Java developers (I am not one of them) will look at the "Freenet" > package and instantly judge its source code quality just from the fact that it > violates the bible - The Java Language Specification: > > http://java.sun.com/docs/books/jls/second_edition/html/names.doc.html#73307
I can't see people that make such superficial judgments being of much use. And besides, there are plenty of _real_ flaws to find in the source code ;> > - --- > Names of packages that are to be made widely available should be formed as > described in ?7.7 . Such names are always qualified names whose first > identifier > consists of two or three lowercase letters that name an Internet domain, such > as > com, edu, gov, mil, net, org, or a two-letter ISO country code such as uk or > jp. Here are examples of hypothetical unique names that might be formed under > this convention: > > com.javasoft.jag.oak > org.npr.pledge.driver > uk.ac.city.rugby.game > > Names of packages intended only for local use should have a first identifier > that begins with a lowercase letter, but that first identifier specifically > should not be the identifier java; package names that start with the > identifier > java are reserved by Sun for naming Java platform packages. > - ---- > > When you start playing with reflection and dynamic class loading having a > standard naming really helps make things clear. I think Freenet should > benefit > form this :) Egads! Reflection and dynamic class loading! You maniac! Hmm, can we incorporate it into the metadata standard? -- # tavin cole # # "The process of scientific discovery is, in effect, # a continual flight from wonder." # - Albert Einstein _______________________________________________ Devl mailing list Devl at freenetproject.org http://lists.freenetproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devl >From - Tue Apr 24 21:38:49 2001 Return-Path: <devl-admin at freenetproject.org> Received: from hawk.freenetproject.org (postfix@[4.18.42.11]) by funky.danky.com (8.9.3/8.8.7) with ESMTP id TAA07284 for <danello at danky.com>; Tue, 24 Apr 2001 19:00:06 -0400 Received: from hawk.freenetproject.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by hawk.freenetproject.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6701A58044; Tue, 24 Apr 2001 16:41:10 -0700 (PDT) Delivered-To: devl at freenetproject.org Received: from priss.bad-people-of-the-future.san-francisco.ca.us (priss.bad-people-of-the-future.san-francisco.ca.us [216.103.68.5])
