Platform-Specific Extensions (was Re: [GUI] Dynamic sizing.)
Axel Simon
A.Simon@ukc.ac.uk
Mon, 28 Apr 2003 09:30:50 +0100
On Sun, Apr 27, 2003 at 09:14:16PM +0100, Glynn Clements wrote:
> > 2) Such platform-specific functions must be clearly marked as such.
> > I suggest that we follow the example of OpenGL and mark extensions
> > using a suffix to the name, e.g.
> > mkXmForm_EXT, loadNibFile_EXT, etc.
>
> I'd rather just use modules and qualified names.
Me too. We might even use the deprecated pragma (or something similar) to
flag if the user uses backend specific functions.
Axel.