From kde-print-devel  Tue Sep 04 21:39:04 2007
From: Alex Merry <huntedhacker () tiscali ! co ! uk>
Date: Tue, 04 Sep 2007 21:39:04 +0000
To: kde-print-devel
Subject: [Kde-print-devel] Suggested KDEPrintInternal namespace
Message-Id: <200709042239.09417.huntedhacker () tiscali ! co ! uk>
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It has been mentioned before that KDEPrint pollutes the global namespace=20
extensively with many classes that do not begin with K.  What's more,=20
these are almost all internal to KDEPrint, have no binary compatibility=20
guarantee and are used only by the KDEPrint management module in=20
kdebase (which is why there are exported).

It would be good to put all the internal stuff in its own namespace. =20
The two obvious paths to take are:

1. Create a KDEPrint namespace with everything in, and put the internal=20
things in KDEPrint::internal
2. Leave the public classes alone, and put the internal things in a=20
KDEPrintInternal namespace (or KPrintInternal...)

I think that at this stage, option 2 is better as less disruptive. =20
Also, the public classes generally seem to be named things like=20
KPrinter, KPrintDialogPage etc.

=46eel free to shout this down as too intrusive, given that we're at Beta=20
stage, but if we're about to embark on an overhaul of KDEPrint then=20
this seems an obvious time to do it.  Also, I'm only suggesting tidying=20
up the non-public classes into their own namespace.

Does this seem like a good idea?

Alex



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