Why is the PAL namespace inside the WebCore namespace? Couldn't it just be a top-level namespace (even if it currently happens to live in the WebCore project)?
#include <pal/Foo.h> would be more consistent with existing headers than <PAL/Foo.h>. antti On Wed, Jan 11, 2017 at 7:24 AM, Myles C. Maxfield <mmaxfi...@apple.com> wrote: > After 18 months of no progress, Don Olmstead and I are getting the band > back together! > > We’ve uploaded a patch to https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=143358 which > incorporates feedback from many different stakeholders (and as such, the > direction is a little different than where I was going with this in the > beginning). > > First of all, this isn’t a new project; instead, it’s a new target inside > the WebCore project. The target creates a static library which gets linked > into WebCore, which means that the enforcement mechanism can’t be done by > the linker. Instead, the layering will be enforced by a Python script, > triggered as an extra build step, which checks the symbol names inside the > .a file as well as #include directives in source code. > > We opted for WebCore to include files using “#include <PAL/Foo.h>” instead > of just including Foo.h. Similarly, we are putting symbols inside the PAL > namespace, which is a child of the WebCore namespace. Therefore, inside > WebCore, you use PAL things by specifying “PAL::Foo”. > > The first thing to move into PAL is the “crypto” subfolder, which is a > good candidate because it’s small, simple, yet also has platform-dependent > implementations. > > We would love your feedback on this approach to help make the dream a > reality! > > Thanks, > Myles and Don > > On Mar 22, 2015, at 4:40 PM, Gavin Barraclough <barraclo...@apple.com> > wrote: > > On Mar 22, 2015, at 4:35 AM, Maciej Stachowiak <m...@apple.com> wrote: > > Web Abstraction Toolbox (it’s hard to tell the difference between wat and > WTF sometimes…) > > > +1 > > > _______________________________________________ > webkit-dev mailing list > webkit-dev@lists.webkit.org > https://lists.webkit.org/mailman/listinfo/webkit-dev > > > > _______________________________________________ > webkit-dev mailing list > webkit-dev@lists.webkit.org > https://lists.webkit.org/mailman/listinfo/webkit-dev > >
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