DN580376693

Subject: Claiming top level namespaces - DN [1]

dgp@clover.cam.nist.gov (Don Porter) - 01 Feb 2000 - comp.lang.tcl

 From today's NetCVS update on the Tcl core:

     date: 2000/02/01 01:14:01;  author: ericm;  state: Exp;  lines: +148 -22
     * tests/package.test:
     * library/tclIndex:
     * library/package.tcl: Added ::package namespace and
     ::package::create function.

 Isn't it time we set out some guidelines determining how many
 top level namespaces Scriptics is going to claim for the Tcl core?
 They're already making use of ::auto_mkindex_parser, ::tcl, ::safe,
 ::http, ::msgcat, ::tcltest, ::tk and ::tkChooseDirectory.  Some of
 these are actually packages, so use of a top-level namespace may make
 sense for them.  (Although, ultimately I would consider them not
 part of the core, but part of the standard library bundled with the
 core).  However, can't the rest all be grouped as child namespaces
 of ::tcl or ::tk ?

 Also, why does the package "Tcl" use the namespace "tcl" and the
 package "Tk" use the namespace "tk"?  Does the case inconsistency
 serve any purpose?

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