>From: Jirka Kosek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: "Matt G." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: DOCBOOK: Re: packagename proposal/RFE >Date: Wed, 05 Jun 2002 13:11:43 +0200 > >"Matt G." wrote: > > > >e.g. C++ or C# namespaces or Perl modules? > > > > Arg! Please don't confuse namespaces and packages!! Even though Java >may > >In .Net (C#, VB.NET, ...) terminology namespace is equivalent to package >in Java sense. It is set of related classes. It's quite confusing name, >but it's here. Using <package> for Java package, C# namespace, Perl/PHP >module, Pascal/Delphi unit, ... seems reasonable.
I think we're in agreement, here. I just want to clarify that the two are distinct and independent concepts. It's just that, in the languages you mentioned, they're coupled, as a result of the fact that packages get a unique namespace. Therefore, one could effectively use the terms interchangeably, within any of those contexts (though it might be confusing, to actually do so). Personally, I believe it might be worth adding a 'namespace' element, for purposes other than referring to a Java "package" (or similar constructs, in other languages). One could certainly use this hypothetical 'namespace' element, to markup a reference to the namespace defined by a Java package (or similar, in C#), but a separate 'namespace' element is really necessitated by cases such as C++ and XML, for which no equivalent exists. Matt _________________________________________________________________ Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com
