On Fri, 31 Dec 2004, DrDiettrich wrote:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > Naming a unit with 'u' standard does not seem useful to me, but this is > > a matter of taste. > ... > > All other files are assumed to be units. > > (projects/packages have distinct extensions anyway) > > No problem at the directory level, but how to distinguish names of > units, types, variables etc. in qualified references? - Types should always be prepended with T. - One should avoid the use of globally visible variables. They are inherently evil. Specially when doing multithread programming. > E.g.: gzip.xyz, is this based on a gzip unit or a gzip variable or... Does this matter to you ? Normally one never uses a fully qualified identifier. Only when a possible name conflict exists, which - Should be very rare, and avoided in the first place. - In such cases it will be obvious from the context. Michael. _______________________________________________ fpc-devel maillist - fpc-devel@lists.freepascal.org http://lists.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/fpc-devel