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

[Mattias Gaertner]

On Sun, 14 Apr 2013 09:41:01 +0200
Sven Barth <pascaldragon at googlemail.com> wrote:

> On 14.04.2013 00:38, Mattias Gaertner wrote:
> > On Sat, 13 Apr 2013 17:30:15 -0400
> > Anthony Walter <sysrpl at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> It would seem that the Lazarus IDE integrated documentation editor fails to
> >> work with units which use dotted names. For example:
> >>
> >> unit MyCompany.Utilities.Text;
> >>
> >> Can someone verify this for me? I am preparing some OSS pascal packages (a
> >> cross platforming gaming library) which use the above pattern for unit
> >> organization and was hoping to start writing documentation.
> >
> > I'm curious: why do you use dots instead of for example underscores?
> 
> Why shouldn't you? Also in difference to underscores each part of the 
> dotted unit name will be a unique symbol. E.g. for a unit name like 
> System.Collection.Generics all three parts will be a symbol so you can't 
> use them in your code (can be considered both an advantage and a 
> disadvantage).

Thanks. You are one of the few people who give some arguments
beside aesthetic reasons.

 
> Also FPC will in the future also provide units with dotted unitnames to 
> increase compatibility with Delphi XE2 and newer.

Can you explain or give some link about the rules for dotted unit names
FPC will implement?

Mattias