1. Re:Namespace proposal
-------Phoenix-Boundary-07081998-
Two comments on 2.3 namespaces:
1.
>>Within the scope of a local symbol x, or private symbol x,
>>you can also reference a global x as long as you qualify it,
>>=A0=A0=A0e.g. myfile:x
--rply from Derek Parnell
>I don't suppose you can stretch this have some mechanism to allow accessing
>a local symbol x within the scope of a private symbol x=3F Just for
>orthoganality reasons if nothing else=3F Maybe a NULL namespace
qualifier...
>object x
>procedure abc()
>=A0=A0=A0=A0object x
>=A0=A0=A0=A0x =3D :x
>=A0=A0=A0=A0. . .
>end procedure
Good idea. Esthetically pleasing.
2.
An unmentioned point:
Would the following code work=3F
include file.e as Eu
sequence s
s =3D current_dir () -- ref without namespace!!
Allowing a unique global id to be referenced without namespace
qualifier would make upgrading existing code to namespaces
much easier.
It would also reduce typing effort and typographic confusion.
(a line like:
counterlib:counter_objects =3D
counterlib:counter_objects[2..length(counterlib:counter_objects)]
is hard to read, hard to indent and hard to comment!
)
-----Karl Bochert------
-------Phoenix-Boundary-07081998---
2. Re: Re:Namespace proposal
Karl Bochert writes:
> Would the following code work?
>
> include file.e as Eu
> sequence s
> s = current_dir () -- ref without namespace!!
Yes, that's fine.
Although a namespace qualifier was defined,
you would not be *required* to use it,
except where it was needed to disambiguate
a reference to a global symbol. You could also choose
to use qualifiers in places where they aren't necessary.
Regards,
Rob Craig
Rapid Deployment Software
http://www.RapidEuphoria.com
3. Re: Re:Namespace proposal
pmosley writes:
> Hi Rob
> What other goodies are going to be in the next version?
I have a long list of goodie-candidates that I'm working through.
I may reveal some of them as I complete them, but others
I might save for a surprise. One year, as a child, I knew in
advance *all* the gifts I was going to get at Christmas.
The day itself became an anti-climactic let-down.
You wouldn't want that would you? 
> Also could we get a routine for get_mouse in text mode ( have it report
> row and col), I have my own little routine,but it whould be nice for the
> new ones to have one in the get_mouse routine or mouse.e
Thanks for the suggestion.
Regards,
Rob Craig
Rapid Deployment Software
http://www.RapidEuphoria.com
