[Lazarus] FPDoc Editor fails on namespace dotted unit names?

Mattias Gaertner nc-gaertnma at netcologne.de
Sun Apr 14 08:58:57 CEST 2013


On Sat, 13 Apr 2013 19:05:51 -0400
Anthony Walter <sysrpl at gmail.com> wrote:

> Because in theory you should get code insight when you type
> Identified(dot). From a style perspective I also tend to avoid underscores
> in my own identifiers. I reserve underscores for methods you normally
> shouldn't call (_AddRef), or for imported C code (MAX_PATH, type_).
> 
> Also, I am sure you know dotted unit namespaces are an addition to Free
> Pascal. They are familiar to C#/Java people, and probably look better
> (style-wise) to them. 

In short words: aesthetic reasons and to please people from other
languages. Right?


> If they see dotted unit namespaces in some Free
> Pascal demos they might be more be tempted to give Free Pascal a look
> rather than running away (especially if the first thing they see when
> looking at a Free Pascal example is a list of large identifiers with 2 or
> more underscores each).

What example has a large list of identifiers with many underscores?
Why is that better than a large list with many dots?

Mattias




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