[orbitcpp-list] Proposal to drop the _orbitcpp::c namespace

[Ronald G. <rga...@pi...>]

hey phil,
>>>>> "pd" == Phil Dawes <ph...@us...> writes:

    pd> Hi All,

    pd> I'm proposing that we move the ORBit C stuff into the root
    pd> namespace, since trying to use orbitcpp with other
    pd> applications that use ORBit and glib is fraught with
    pd> difficulties otherwise.  E.g. A couple of days ago I attempted
    pd> to wrap gnorba (the gnome/orbit event loop integration and
    pd> activation stuff), but ran into problems with header files.

    pd> Also, gtk-- and gnome-- stick their C stuff in the root
    pd> namespace.

    pd> N.B. The compiler generated C stuff should still be in a
    pd> separate namespace to prevent collisions with generated C++
    pd> code.

    pd> Andreas, Ron, What do you think?


Well, I tend to lean more towards using the namespaces, but I haven't
worked with this stuff in a bit, or run into the problems you may be
having with them.  I'll have to peek around a bit more since a lot has 
changed since I last took a good look at things...if the trend in
ORBit design makes wrapping things difficult, then we should probably
drop the namespaces.  I'll revisit this real soon.

ron