Re: Standard Euphoria Library Project
- Posted by jiri babor <jbabor at PARADISE.NET.NZ> Feb 06, 2001
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Jeff, This sounds like a nice idea, a very useful project. If I can help in any way what so ever, just let me know. jiri ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jeffrey Fielding" <JJProg at CYBERBURY.NET> To: <EUforum at topica.com> Sent: Wednesday, February 07, 2001 3:59 PM Subject: Standard Euphoria Library Project > I just created a project on sourceforge for a standard library of > include files for Euphoria (in addition to the ones that come with the > interpreter). I think that by creating such a library, we could solve > many of the namespace problems, encourage code reuse, and create some > examples of good Euphoria code for newbies to learn from. So check it > out at http://sourceforge.net/projects/standardeu/ > > I haven't put up any files yet. If anyone wants to help, please do. > Here's the list of stuff that needs to be done: > * propose routines that should go in the library, and an API to go with > them > * write the routines > * write docs > > And when that's done, people need to use it. Right now, many programs > (and worse, include files) redeclare functions that are used over and > over again. Not only is this a waste of time when one can just include a > pre-written set of functions, but it can cause namespace conflicts as > well. People have been complaining about namespaces in Euphoria, but I > think that most of the problems could be solved by not redeclaring > commonly used functions. > > Jeff Fielding > JJProg at cyberbury.net > >