Hi,

On Sun, Mar 1, 2026 at 9:05 PM Tim Düsterhus <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hi
>
> On 3/1/26 20:48, Jakub Zelenka wrote:
> > The policy recommends consistency with existing symbols and there are
> > already OpenSSLCertificate, OpenSSLCertificateSigningRequest and
> > OpenSSLAsymmetricKey. So I think we should stick with no namespace here
> and
> > calls it OpenSSLSession and OpenSSLException. I will introduce that
> > exception as I agree it makes more sense.
>
> The policy also states:
>
> > This is a somewhat loose guideline, and applies more strongly to
> functions than classes.
>
> I don't feel strongly about the OpenSSLSession class, but I feel
> strongly about the exception hierarchy:
>
> It should immediately be introduced into the namespace, because the
> exception hierarchy is relevant to the entire extension (e.g. also to
> newly namespaced bits) and namespacing it later will become messy.
>
>
>  existing extensions SHOULD follow the rules for newly introduced
exceptions, but MAY diverge for consistency with existing symbols.

The consistency is the key here. I really don't like introducing a
namespace and have some classes in it and some not - that's really not a
consistency then IMO.

Kind regards,

Jakub

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