[libvirt] [PATCH] C#Bindings patch, rename classes

[arnaud.champion at devatom.fr]

?virStream will expose problems also, as Stream is also a class in .Net 
framework

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From: <arnaud.champion at devatom.fr>
Sent: Wednesday, October 20, 2010 2:26 PM
To: "Daniel P. Berrange" <berrange at redhat.com>
Cc: <libvir-list at redhat.com>
Subject: Re: [libvirt] [PATCH] C#Bindings patch, rename classes

> ?I just found "Error" too large for the person who will use C# bindings :S 
> but... I can use Error, technically no problem.
>
> PS : I don't know exactly the english word, by too large I just want to 
> avoid confusion
>
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> From: "Daniel P. Berrange" <berrange at redhat.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, October 20, 2010 2:21 PM
> To: <arnaud.champion at devatom.fr>
> Cc: <libvir-list at redhat.com>
> Subject: Re: [libvirt] [PATCH] C#Bindings patch, rename classes
>
>> On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 02:07:45PM +0200, arnaud.champion at devatom.fr 
>> wrote:
>>> ?Okay, I'll make the change... Currently at naming level, my problem is
>>> around Error class. Do you have a suggestion ?
>>
>> What's wrong with following the example I gave, eg
>>
>>  namespace Libvirt [
>>
>>    public class Error {
>>    ...
>>
>>> >
>>> >IMHO
>>> >
>>> >namespace LibvirtBindings
>>> >{
>>> >    public class virDomain
>>> >    {
>>> >    ....
>>> >
>>> >Is somewhat redundant and better named
>>> >
>>> >namespace Libvirt
>>> >{
>>> >    public class Domain
>>> >    {
>>> >    ....
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >The 'vir' prefix on C library APIs/structs is just a hack because C
>>> >does not have any concept of namespaces. It shouldn't be copied into
>>> >languages which do have proper namespace support
>>> >
>>
>> Daniel
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