Hi, I can see the need for namespace protection; but it is clear that to remain in the spirit of an open-source system it would have to be done very carefully. I mean: Its reasonable (from my point of view): 1) To say that any extension to the API must use a particular form of name - e.g. myapi_extendersname_..... (where extenders name could be an organisation for grouping extensions). And to define a group of names which only the original authors may extend. 2) To say that any implementation of the API should implement existing named entry points in a manner compatible with the API definition. It is unreasonable: 1) To say that no one is able to write a function with a particular name 2) That no one else is able to reimplement a function with a given name. Dave -- ---------------- Have a happy GNU millennium! ---------------------- / Dr. David Alan Gilbert | Running GNU/Linux on Alpha, | Happy \ \ gro.gilbert @ treblig.org | 68K,MIPS,x86,ARM and SPARC | In Hex / \ ___________________________|___ http://www.treblig.org |_______/
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