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Re: [pdf-devel] Symbol name convention
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gerel |
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Re: [pdf-devel] Symbol name convention |
Date: |
Thu, 06 Mar 2008 14:04:41 -0300 |
> Date: Thu, 06 Mar 2008 17:24:25 +0100
> From: address@hidden
>
>
> > Hey, I was wondering when are we going to change symbol names to
> > fit the specs we defined.
> >
> > Function names are implicated too, right ?
> >
> > Thus, "pdf_alloc()" would be "pdf_b_alloc ()".
> >
> > I think that it is better to not put an explicit layer mark in symbol
> > names.
> >
>
> I'm confused, I thought that was the idea :-/
>
> I considered that it would be too burdensome to put the layer
> identification in each symbol defined by the library. I also believe
> that to have a unique namespace (i.e. pdf_) will also lead to a better
> design by improving the global coherence of the abstractions
> implemented in the several layers.
>
I see, I didn't know what the conclusions were.
-gerel