Am 13.09.2017 10:45 schrieb "Michael Van Canneyt via Lazarus" < lazarus@lists.lazarus-ide.org>: > > > > On Wed, 13 Sep 2017, Graeme Geldenhuys via Lazarus wrote: > >> On 2017-09-12 19:01, Alexey via Lazarus wrote: >>> >>> It is new. Please rename (it's easy for new component) all files: >>> usually its good with one prefix. E.g. fprep_*.*. >> >> >> hahaha... I had the units like that, using underscores. eg: fpreport_export_aggpas.pas, fpreport_export_fpimage.pas etc. Michael didn't like it, so it got renamed before it went into FPC Trunk. :) >> >> The LCL related units could be prefixed though, as Michael mentioned. > > > They should be, since some of the names used in the designer are indeed too > generic. > > >> Then again, maybe it's time FPC starts making use of namespaces and dotted unit names? Just a thought. In Delphi it is actually pretty useful and also stops unit name conflicts. FPC does need a bit more work though to fully support namespaces - at least the way Delphi uses it. > > > As long as there are no command-line switch and directive for setting namespaces, they are completely useless. And even with them, the benefit is > doubtful. > > The benefit of writing fpreport.exporthtml versus fpreportexporthtml is zero. >
The "." allows for a nicer disambiguation between what's the prefix and what's the remainder. Granted, that can be done with "_" as well, but in my personal opinion a "." simply looks nicer. :) Regards, Sven
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