A question about library extensions and namespaces

[Matthias Käppler]

Hello,

say I want to extend an official GUI library by a new widget class. And say,
this library lies in its own namespace. Should I embed my new class as well
in that particular namespace, even if it's not officially a part of the
library?
I'm talking about gtkmm. I'm implementing a file browser widget and I'm not
sure if it's a good or bad idea to put it in the Gtk namespace.

Thanks in advance,
Matthias

[Jonathan Mcdougall]

> say I want to extend an official GUI library by a new widget class. And say,

this library lies in its own namespace. Should I embed my new class as well
in that particular namespace, even if it's not officially a part of the
library?

Logically, if you plan to ship your extensions with a given library (by
contacting the maintainers for example), these should go in the same
namespace. If not, it is usually better to use another namespace.

As far as the language is concerned, the use of namespaces prevents name
clashes. If, for example, one of your class extends or modifies the
original, using your own namespace will allow you to keep the same name.
Jonathan

[Matthias Käppler]

Jonathan Mcdougall wrote:

Logically, if you plan to ship your extensions with a given library (by
contacting the maintainers for example), these should go in the same
namespace. If not, it is usually better to use another namespace.

I don't plan to ship it with gtkmm. It's more of an (optional) extension you
can easily embed in your gtkmm apps. It's a Gtk::ScrolledWindow in fact.

So I better do not put it in the Gtk namespace.

Thanks,
Matthias

[Jonathan Mcdougall]

>>Logically, if you plan to ship your extensions with a given library (by

contacting the maintainers for example), these should go in the same
namespace. If not, it is usually better to use another namespace.

I don't plan to ship it with gtkmm. It's more of an (optional) extension you
can easily embed in your gtkmm apps. It's a Gtk::ScrolledWindow in fact.

So I better do not put it in the Gtk namespace.

If that's not part of the gtkmm library, it does not logically belong to
its namespace.
Jonathan