[webkit-dev] Incremental steps towards moving WebCore/platform out of WebCore

[Joe Mason]

The BlackBerry port uses BlackBerry::Platform for its system libraries - it wouldn't surprise me if some of our files in the platform dirs have "using BlackBerry" so they can just use "Platform::symbol" instead of "BlackBerry::Platform::symbol" in the source.  Shouldn't be hard to sort out, though.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: webkit-dev-bounces at lists.webkit.org [mailto:webkit-dev-
> bounces at lists.webkit.org] On Behalf Of Hajime Morrita
> Sent: Thursday, December 15, 2011 3:31 AM
> To: Jarred Nicholls
> Cc: webkit-dev at lists.webkit.org
> Subject: Re: [webkit-dev] Incremental steps towards moving
> WebCore/platform out of WebCore
> 
> One concern is that "Platform" is too generic to put in global
> namespace and it might conflict existing symbols from platform SDK or
> something. But because we already have generic names like ASSERT() and
> it works, this concern is just a theoretical thing.
> 
> So if it works with existing platforms, I think it's fine.
> 
> --
> morrita
> 
> On Thu, Dec 15, 2011 at 4:02 PM, Jarred Nicholls <jarred at webkit.org>
> wrote:
> > On Thu, Dec 15, 2011 at 1:55 AM, Adam Barth <abarth at webkit.org>
> wrote:
> >>
> >> I was working backwards from what's going to be needed to move
> >> WebCore/platform out of WebCore, and it occurred to me that we'll
> >> probably want a separate namespace for the code once it's outside of
> >> WebCore, just like WTF has a separate namespace from JSC.
> >>
> >> It seems like introducing the new namespace before the move would be
> >> beneficial because it would help us sort out whatever layering
> >> violations we have today (as they'd become apparent because of the
> >> explicit mention of the WebCore namespace).
> >>
> >> What would be an appropriate name for the namespace?  My first
> >> instinct is "Platform" to match the name of the new directory, but
> I'm
> >> open to suggestions.
> >
> >
> > I think Platform is good.  When explaining it to an outsider, I refer
> to it
> > as the Client Interface or Port Interface.  If Platform doesn't
> resonate
> > well with everyone then maybe something around that verbiage would
> fit.  But
> > honestly I can't think of anything better than Platform.
> >
> >>
> >>
> >> Adam
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