[Gambas-user] Enhanced component project management for 2.1

[Benoit Minisini]

On dimanche 20 janvier 2008, ron wrote:
> On Sunday 20 January 2008 18:04, Benoit Minisini wrote:
> > There is no namespace in Gambas, and I won't implement them. As you
> > wrote, it is a source of conflict that the language is unable to solve
> > intelligently.
>
> You missed my point for code as 'AS ListBox' versus 'AS Apple.ListBox'
> You mentioned as a example the vendor identification i.e. 'Apple' for
> gb-apple-x.y.z Why should Apple not make a component apple.x.y.z usable
> inside gb? Oooh and shame for me for see the gb-apple.x.y.z as apple.x.y.z.
> here :-(
>

I was talking about naming the component packages. Nothing related to the 
language itself.

> > If there are two classes with the same name in two components, they
> > surely are doing the same thing, or one must extend the other.
>
> If they share the same name for the same basic function versus name it
> looks true. The implementation and handeling of the
> Methods/Events/Properties can be total different but only the name i.e.
> ListBox with the visual presentation and end results are the same. In this
> case there is no extent of the other one.
>
> > So I prefer relying on what I did in Gambas: a component has a list of
> > requirements, needed features and provided features, so that the IDE can
> > easily know which components are in conflict, and how to order them.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > --
> > Benoit Minisini
>
> What is the difference between 'msctl32.ListBox' 'Apple.ListBox' and
> 'gb.qt.listbox'? The implementaion only, all show and present the same
> content.

Either these implementations are doing the same thing, and so you won't have 
to use them simultaneously, either they are not, and then they must have 
different names.

> My point was the 'msctrl32', 'gb.apple' and 'gb.qt' are equivalent to the
> namespace for the listbox, in simple view and words.
> I do not mean the OS and/or language of the Listbox or library is written
> with.

I don't understand what you meant there...

>
> Still fan of gambas guru Benoit :-)
>
> Ron
>

I was afraid you tried to persuade me to implement namespaces. Beware, I can 
bite!

-- 
Benoit Minisini