From: Aredridel <aredridel@...>
Date: 2005-08-30T02:12:43+09:00
Subject: Re: Best way to release mini-libraries?

> I'm a bit paranoid about namespace pollution.  So, everything that goes into 
> IOWA is in an Iowa:: namespace.  So, the database connection pool is 
> Iowa::DbPool.  The web cache class is Iowa::Webcache and the LRU class that 
> it uses is Iowa::LRUCache.  And so on.
> 
> Does anyone see any problem with keeping these in that Iowa:: namespace when 
> released as standalone libraries?  Keeping, for example, the webcache, under 
> Iowa:: makes sure that it won't butt heads with someone else's web cache.  
> Just calling it 'class Webcache', though, would.
> 
> Or should it be released as nothing more than a class file without any 
> installer, leaving it up to the user to make sure it doesn't butt heads with 
> something else?  Anyone out there who might use this who has an opinion?

My first thought is to keep it in Iowa:: if it's going to stay in synch
with Iowa versions, and to make it separate if it's going to diverge.

Ari