Re: [Gaim-devel] Conflict in Compiling Gaim using C++

[Ethan B. <ebl...@cs...>]

Richard Laager spake unto us the following wisdom:
> On Mon, 2006-12-11 at 19:30 +0800, Benjamin Palmares wrote:
> > I can't compile my code that uses libgaim/xmlnode.h using a C++
> > compiler because _xmlnode.namespace conflicts with c++'s namespace
> > reserved word.  The only way solution that I can think of is to rename
> > the field and modify those that use it.  Can you suggest an easier
> > way?
>=20
> That's the best I can think of. Better to do it right away now before we
> get 2.0.0 released, or that change will force a bump to 3.0.0.

No, it won't; no one should be using .namespace directly, so it's not
part of our public interface.  Renaming it would not require a version
bump.

That said, I suppose we should rename it sooner than later.

Ethan

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