[fpc-devel] Generics.Collections as package for Lazarus or package for FPC RTL

[Tomas Hajny]

On Wed, January 27, 2016 09:46, Anthony Walter wrote:


Anthony,

> Do you care to address the issues I raised with the inconsistency of
> string related functions I raised? Specifically the part about string
> functions in SysUtils, StrUtils, LCLProcs, LazUTF8, among other units where
> string related routines are scattered. Also strings aren't the only types
> where we have these scattered around problems.

I believe that I covered this one in my response at least partly - the
scattering is due to creation of routines by different people from
different teams. It is related to history and compatibility. I dont' see
how namespaces might solve this.

Tomas