Geometry Boost List: [ggl] namespace renaming

Subject: [ggl] namespace renaming
From: Stephen Leary (sleary)
Date: 2009-12-01 06:05:05

Yes I would very much like to keep the OGC functions in one place. The rest
I am happy to live with.

Minor comment... an axis aligned bounding box is also known as an optimized
solid (but probably more cryptic)

Stephen

On Tue, Dec 1, 2009 at 8:44 AM, Barend Gehrels <Barend.Gehrels_at_[hidden]>wrote:

>
>  All library users have to modify sources then, by renaming the used
> namespace (or using an alias), or renaming macro's.
>
>
>  I'd add that this is one time operation and for good.
> No more renaming in foreseen future, in case anyone would have doubts.
>
>
>  For the top level namespace, right. But we are not yet there. There was a
> suggestion during review to add namespaces per domain, and therefore to move
> all OGC functions into a separate namespace, on which everyone seemed to
> agree.
>
> boost::geometry::ogc::envelope would be the same as
> boost::geometry::cg::bounding_box and
> boost::geometry::game::axis_aligned_bounding_box
> (these samples are artificial).
>
> So some extra namespaces and code modifications are unavoidable.
>
> It will not be trivial to get a scheme which is satisfactory for everyone.
> For OGC it is less complicated, because that is a standard. So we will get:
> boost::geometry::ogc::area
> boost::geometry::ogc::centroid
> boost::geometry::ogc::distance
> boost::geometry::ogc::envelope
> etc
>
> For intersection_inserter it is questionable, because the ogc name is
> "intersection" (and that one is planned as well).
> For non-OGC (but normally found together) functions as simplify, where will
> they go?
> For a function as "distance", which is probably called "distance"
> everywhere, omit namespace? boost::geometry::distance Or get an alias for
> all domains (probably yes)
>
> I don't have the solution yet, any ideas are welcome. We could start
> creating a list with namespaces covered, and the list on
> http://trac.osgeo.org/ggl/wiki/OGC.
>
> Barend
>
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Stephen Leary
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