[fpc-devel] Dotted namespace

[Sven Barth]

On 27.01.2016 17:54, Marco van de Voort wrote:
> In our previous episode, Sven Barth said:
>>> See:
>> http://docs.embarcadero.com/products/rad_studio/delphiAndcpp2009/HelpUpdate2/EN/html/devcommon/usingnamespaces_xml.html
>>>
>>> For example: section "Multi-unit Namespaces"
>>> unit MyCompany.ProjectX.ProgramY.Unit1
>>> unit MyCompany.ProjectX.ProgramY.Unit2
>>>
>>> "In this example, the namespace MyCompany.ProjectX.ProgramY logically
>> contains all of the interface symbols from unit1.pas and unit2.pas.
>>>
>>> Symbol names in a namespace must be unique, across all units in the
>> namespace. In the example above, it is an error for Unit1 and Unit2 to both
>> define a global interface symbol named mySymbol. "
>>
>> We're talking about one and the same feature. FPC's dotted unit names are
>> implemented based on Delphi's namespace feature, but since they aren't
>> namespaces in the strict sense we prefer to use the more accurate name of
>> "dotted unit names".
> 
> What do you make about the piece of code that Dimitry quoted ( "in this..) ?
> 
> I tried to read the link above, but it doesn't explicitly say that you can
> import "mycompany.projectx.projecty" (and that the system then must figure
> out what units belong to that).
> 
> I wonder if this text is a Delphi.NET leftover.

That's the conclusion I had made a long time ago as well. (Native)
Delphi definitely does *not* support the uses of a super namespace.

Regards,
Sven