Re: [DotGNU]Preferred namespace cscc option

[David Sugar]

Yes, it would be a violation of the language specification.  It is a shame 
that namespace priorities were never part of the language spec.  For example, 
in C++, it would be wonderful if one could use "using" statements to merge 
references to multiple namespaces but specify one as "default using", so that 
if there is an abigious reference, the default priority one would be used 
automatically.  However, this was not done for C++, Java, or C#, and to do so 
outside of the standard would generate results that do not compile correctly 
on a standard compliant or alternate implimentation, and while that might 
ultimately be the goal of some other company, that is certainly not our goal.

David

On Friday 26 July 2002 06:59 pm, Rhys Weatherley wrote:
> Peter Minten wrote:
> > would it be possible to add an option to cscc telling it to prefer a
> > certain namespace in cases of ambiguousness?
>
> Doing so would technically be a violation of the C# specification,
> which says that ambiguities must be reported.  If I added such
> an option, your code would no longer compile on other C# compilers.
>
> > The problem I have is this: if a programmer
> > want's to use DG-Base sockets he/she must use DotGNU.Net.Sockets for the
> > Socket class and System.Net.Sockets for enums like AddressFamily. If
> > he/she would type Socket x = new Socket(); the compiler would give an
> > error because it can't tell if DotGNU.Net.Sockets.Socket or
> > System.Net.Sockets.Socket is meant.
>
> Why not give your Socket class a different name?  EnhancedSocket?
>
> Cheers,
>
> Rhys.
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