[fpc-devel] is that intended? private type section in classes versus visibility

Martin fpc at mfriebe.de
Sun Jul 25 20:25:15 CEST 2010


On 25/07/2010 19:22, Martin wrote:
> On 25/07/2010 19:15, Graeme Geldenhuys wrote:
>> On 25 July 2010 19:28, Martin wrote:
>>> And the exact same can be said for longer unit names...
>>>
>>> fpgui.buttons
>>> fpgui_buttons
>>> FpguiButtons
>> And with correct language support, we wouldn't need to make such ugly
>> unit names.
>>
> Yes, but that wasn't the original point of the discussion:
>
> Those unitnames avoid conflicts, in the same way than namespaces do => 
> the make the overall identifier of the unit longer.
>
> no namespace is no longer about avoiding/reducing conflicts => it is 
> about making it better looking (better defined by whom?)

Having joined the discussion, and said all that => I don't oppose nor 
propose the feature. (No one is forced to use it, so it's presence would 
not affect me)
I simple have said and do say, that it does not solve the original issue 
of this discussion.





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