Thorsten Froehlich wrote:

> Of course, namespaces are not an answer to naming convention problems.  You
> can have the same namespace name in two files and run into the exact same
> problem you created namespaces for in the first place.

Which is why I prefer the way namespaces are done in XML instead of C++. 
If you have a domain you have your own namespace. Just that simple. Any 
idea if it can be done better than that?

I know who I am. I know what I will develop. So what prefix should I 
use? This isn't in the manual.

> The documentation advises users to not use all lower-case identifiers for
> user defined declares and macros as lower-case identifiers are reserved for
> use by POV-Ray.  This leaves plenty of names for users.  Prefixing has
> almost the same effect as using namespaces, and looking at APIs of modern
> operating systems, they do really well without need for namespaces despite
> using tens of thousands of identifiers.  Of course named namespaces offer a
> very valuable extension to any language, including POV-Ray SDL, not having
> them is only a minor annoyance, not a huge problem.

Prefixes are fine, at least partially. They can add a lot of overhead. 
Namespaces would be better. But you are certainly right: It's not a huge 
problem. On the other hand: Why not doing things right as soon as possible?

Regards,
Bernd Fuhrmann

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