Re: "module" facility for top-level namespace control

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From: Patrick C Beard
Date: Thu, 02 May 1991 06:27

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In article <1991Apr29.174033.29627@alias.com> rae@alias.com (Reid Ellis) writes:
#Why don't we simply use a syntax which already evokes this concept --
#using "extern"?
#
#I don't know if another keyword after the extern is necessary, or
#simply the name of the enclosing scope.  Something like the following?
#
#extern NIH {
##include <NIHCL.h>
#};

This syntax was created for specifying language specific linkage for linking
to C, FORTRAN, Pascal, etc.  And currently it requires a set of quotes
around the keyword after extern.  I don't think that the namespace usage
is really in the spirit of linkage specification.

I believe that we have everything we need by allowing nested class declarations
and enumerations within a class.  My only problem so far has been with the
fact that the tag type names from nested enums and classes are visible
in the global namespace.  This has been ammended I believe in compilers
that are based on CFront 2.1.  Correct me if I am wrong.

--
//  Patrick C. Beard, Software Engineer, Berkeley Systems, Inc.
//                    "Heroes of technology."
//   beard@lbl.gov, d0346@applelink.apple.com (ATTN: Patrick)

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From: beard@ux5.lbl.gov (Patrick C Beard)
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Subject: Re: "module" facility for top-level namespace control
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Date: 2 May 91 06:27:19 GMT
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