RE: framework question

> > From: Bartell, Aaron L. (TC)
> > 
> > I would like you to backup that statement with some examples
> 
> You did it yourself:
> 
> > XMLSAX_addHandler()
> > XMLSAX_parseMemory()
> > XMLSAX_clearHandlers() . . .
> > 
> > This is not as nice as namespaces in my opinion.
> 
> Not "as nice"?  Who cares?  It works.  Try writing an entire operating
> system in assembly language, then come back and tell me how "not nice"
> RPG is.  Heck, trying writing an ERP system using 6-character field
> names!
> 
> Sheesh.  Not "as nice". 
> 
> 
> Joe
> 


Joe,

I'm going to have to agree with Aaron on this one.

Namespaces aren't that big a deal when you mostly roll your own.  However,
it seems that RPG is slowly catching up to the rest of the world in terms of
third party provided libraries.  Thus namespaces will become evermore
important.  Aaron's example is sensible way of doing things.  But what do I
do when I've bought two third party libraries both of whom have a RPGIVTOOLS
module or a DATES module or maybe XMLSAX?

Take a look at history, I'm pretty sure C++ didn't support namespaces
originally but they had to be added as the us of third party libraries
increased.

Finally I seem to recall reading a report of someone who has already run
into this problem with RPG lack of support for namespaces.


Charles