[Mono-bugs] [Bug 661517] Android.R should be Android.Resource

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https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=661517

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=661517#c3


--- Comment #3 from Jonathan Pryor <jpryor at novell.com> 2011-01-09 21:24:06 UTC ---
After trying this, two things are of note:

1. Pluralizing the nested types results in some types that look "weird," to
wit:

    Resource.Raws
    Resource.Xmls

2. Thinking about it some more, resource ids are conceptually very similar to
enumerations (in that they're a compile-time named constant).  As such, the
NET Framework Design Guidelines enum naming suggestions might be appropriate:

    http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms229058.aspx

        Do name flags enumerations with plural nouns or noun phrases. 
        Simple enumerations should be named with singular nouns or noun
phrases.

    http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms229040.aspx

        Do use a singular name for an enumeration, unless its values are bit
fields.

This would suggest that the nested types should be *singular*, and the mapping
should thus be:

    Anim -> Animation
    Attr -> Attribute
    Bool -> Boolean
    Dimen -> Dimensions
    Id -> Identifier

All other nested type names would be unchanged:

    Array
    Color
    Drawable
    Integer
    Layout
    Menu
    Raw
    String
    Style
    Xml

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