On Thu, Jan 5, 2017 at 5:43 PM, Darin Adler <da...@apple.com> wrote:

> I understand the appeal of “org.webkit” and structured names but
> personally I would prefer to read names that look like titles and are made
> up of words with spaces, like these:
>
> “WebKit: Image Decoder”, rather than “org.webkit.ImageDecoder”.
> “WebKit: JavaScript DFG Compiler” rather than “org.webkit.jsc.DFGCompiler”.
>
> Not sure how well that would generalize to all the different names.
>
> I like the idea of having a smart way of automatically making a shorter
> name for the platforms that have shorter length limits.
>

One interesting idea I've come up with is that,

1. specifying "org.webkit.ImageDecoder"
2. In Linux, we just use "ImageDecoder" part.
3. In macOS port, we automatically convert it to "WebKit: Image Decoder"


>
> — Darin
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