[Gtk-sharp-list] gtkhtml namespace problem

Martin Willemoes Hansen mwh@sysrq.dk
Tue, 26 Aug 2003 23:35:34 +0200


On Tue, 2003-08-26 at 23:27, Mike Kestner wrote:
> BTW, no need to copy me on all your mails.  I subscribe to the list... 
> ;-)

Oki hehe

> On Tue, 2003-08-26 at 15:56, Martin Willemoes Hansen wrote:
> 
> > gtkhtml has some gnome stuff, but as it is now gtkhtml is mapped into
> > the gtk namespace .. and if a reference to the gnome assembly is made
> > there we have a circular dependency :(
> > 
> > I think we could put gtkhtml in its own namespace no solve the issue, is
> > that okay?
> 
> Let's move Gtk.HTML into a separate assembly (gtkhtml-sharp.dll
> probably) and leave the namespace as Gtk.  There's precedent for this
> approach in the whole System split between System.dll and corlib.dll
> strategy.

Ok.

> 
> The problem will be with the generator.  Right now, it targets a
> directory based on namespace.  We could easily enhance it to support an
> assembly tag in the XML and add some parser magic to create the tag.
> 
> Let me know if I can clarify any of the above.

Umh would it not be easier to have a Gtk.HTML namespace? I mean could
that not be done with the current features of the generator?

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