Hi
It also gives an idea of what I mean by context.
I can't honestly see how using namespaces to provide context helps any, or is any different from Hungarian notation?
Surely writing
FileManager::length
doesn't help clarify length's data type, and even if we suppose it was enough, isn't prepending FileManager:: on the front as bad as a simple dw for DWORD?
No, because FileManager tells you that the class/function/variable/whatever belongs to the FileManager application. dw tells you that the name refers to a type. The type is far more likely to change than that the application. However, this is still a very narrow view.
The difference is that one conveys context (or domain) information the other conveys type information.
Regards Paul
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