Re: my $.02
- Posted by Irv Mullins <irvm at ellijay.com> Jun 29, 2001
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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --Boundary_(ID_EsHwQ9SvsFROfWNx35T+NA) ----- Original Message ----- From: Jason I have to throw mine in too... I have to say that I disagree that a namespace fix should be added to the interpreter. If any change is made, I (personally) think it should be in the way the Euphoria community "works together", if there is such a thing in this day and age. *dumb suggestion ahead* What if, to help reduce the number of namespace conflicts, there were a set of includes that could be downloaded as an alternative to the standard set, in whole or in part. With some patience and time, I believe that such a set could grow into a very useful set of libraries if additions were made carefully. *end dumb suggestion* Hi Jason: It's not a "dumb suggestion", but there seem to be a few questions that need to be answered: 1.Who will create and maintian this second set of includes? People barely have time to contribute things as it is. 2.Who will decide what this second set is to contain, and when should changes be allowed? 3. If there were a set of "authorized includes", would that tend to discourage people from trying to come up with something "better"? 4. How is this supposed to help those programmers who write all their own code, but still need badly need namespacing? From my count, those who have been the heaviest contributors to the namespace debate are the same ones who are writing or maintaining large programs. Regards, Irv --Boundary_(ID_EsHwQ9SvsFROfWNx35T+NA) Content-type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" http-equiv=Content-Type> <META content="MSHTML 5.00.2614.3500" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A href="mailto:mirwalds at swbell.net" title=mirwalds at swbell.net>Jason</A> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I have to throw mine in too...</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> I have to say that I disagree that a namespace fix should be added to the interpreter. If any change is made, I (personally) think it should be in the way the Euphoria community "works together", if there is such a thing in this day and age.</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>*dumb suggestion ahead*</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> What if, to help reduce the number of namespace conflicts, there were a set of includes that could be downloaded as an alternative to the standard set, in whole or in part. With some patience and time, I believe that such a set could grow into a very useful set of libraries if additions were made carefully.</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><FONT face=Arial size=2>*end dumb suggestion*</FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi Jason:</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>It's not a "dumb suggestion", but there seem to be a few questions that </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>need to be answered: </FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>1.Who will create and maintian this second set of includes? People barely have </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>time to contribute things as it is.</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>2.Who will decide what this second set is to contain, and when should changes </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>be allowed?</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>3. If there were a set of "authorized includes", would that tend </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>to discourage people from trying to come up with something "better"?</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>4. How is this supposed to help those programmers who write all their own code,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>but still need badly need namespacing? From my count, those who have been </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>the heaviest contributors to the namespace debate are the same ones who </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>are writing or maintaining large programs.</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Regards,</FONT></DIV> --Boundary_(ID_EsHwQ9SvsFROfWNx35T+NA)--