Re: Some problems with EuServer
- Posted by Derek Parnell <dparnell at BIGPOND.NET.AU> Aug 11, 2000
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Hi Mark, modifying a 'stamped' include file might just 'unstamp' it. cheers, Derek Parnell dparnell @ vic.bigpond.net.au Melbourne, Australia ----- Original Message ----- From: Mark Brown <mabrown at SENET.COM.AU> To: <EUPHORIA at LISTSERV.MUOHIO.EDU> Sent: Thursday, August 10 2000 23:27 Subject: Re: Some problems with EuServer | Derek wrote | | > I suggest that the authors of libraries that have global | > functions/procedures, prefix or suffix the global procedure's name with a | > short tag that identifies the library file. For example, in win32lib the | > "reverse" function could have been named "w32Reverse" or "reverseW32" or | > something. This does not absolutely solve the namespace issue but it | > lessens the potential name conflict. | | As a short term solution, would it be worthwhile writing some sort of | preprocessor | that could do a search and modify on offending globals using the prefix ; | suffix | idea? Run all your includes through it to search for conflicts and have it | rename | any offending globals using a prefix of the users choice? | | Mark |