Hey, a namsepaces discussoin! (Was: Re: Partitioning the image (was Re: Shrinking sucks!))

jp1660 at att.net jp1660 at att.net
Sun Feb 13 22:30:47 UTC 2005


Yes, yes, yes, each category should correspond to a namespace.

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From: Doug Way <dway at mailcan.com>
> On Feb 11, 2005, at 11:29 AM, Cees de Groot wrote:
> > It sounds,
> > though, like maybe namespaces are *too* orthogonal?  Maybe, say, each
> > category should correspond to a namespace?
> 
> Yeah, that might make sense.
> 
> I know there have been raging arguments in the past about whether 
> namespaces should be orthogonal to packages, I haven't formed an 
> opinion on that.
> 
> But I'd say we definitely don't want to have all three orthogonal 
> concepts in Squeak -- class categories, packages and namespaces... 
> let's have two at most.
> 
> - Doug
> 
> 





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