Erik Hofman wrote:
> Please correct me if I'm wrong, but to my understanding namespaces are
> like classes but without the overloading and such?
Namespaces are just namespaces. :)
Some languages call them "packages" or "modules", but the idea is
really simple: a symbol (function, class, global variable, whatever)
defined in a namespace is guaranteed not to clash with symbols defined
outside the namespace.
So I can (and did) write stuff like:
namespace yasim { class Propeller { ... }; };
without having to worry that anyone else in the simulator would write
a "Propeller" class too.
Basically, namespaces are the simple, attractive answer to all
prefix-madness that's been thrown around in C/C++ code over the past
few decades. No more FGPropeller vs. YAPropeller yuck. The developer
of a module gets to use internal names that make sense.
Andy
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