[fpc-pascal] Re: [Bulk] Re: Namespaces Support

[Marcos Douglas]

On Tue, Oct 29, 2013 at 4:51 PM, Dmitry Boyarintsev
<skalogryz.lists at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 29, 2013 at 8:02 AM, Marcos Douglas <md at delfire.net> wrote:
>>
>> You didn't understand.
>> The namespace we talk about is like a "dinamic namespace". The
>> programmer can choose which "names" he will use in your projects when
>> these projects are using third-party frameworks.
>> In Java, eg, you can change the path of frameworks, changing the
>> "namespace", without change the original sources.
>
> I thought I did, but named it differently.
> Isn't what you're trying to explain is suggestion #3 at this page?
> http://wiki.freepascal.org/Namespaces

Yes.

> Instead of modifying the code (i.e. by switching to namespaces)
> You would like to give then compiler a hint what unit should be used when
> compiling a unit.
>
> In other words, you'd like to unit-specific -Fu, that should override the
> project -Fu.
> Right? or am I still misunderstanding.

IMO, the problem is:
You can not use two unit with the same name.
So, you can point -- using -Fu -- which unit the compiler will compile
but you can't used both at the same project.

Regards,
Marcos Douglas