AW: THRIFT-3188

[Jens Geyer <je...@hotmail.com>]

Hi Jeff,

the phrase "it is a bad idea" can safely be translated to "it will not work". Namespaces in Thrift are currently limited to one IDL file only, bwcause the compiler handles each file individually. In some languages files with a predefined name are generated, typically for constants or the like. If there are multiple NS you get gen- files with different subfolders and no conflict. But if two IDL files share the same NS stuff gets overwritten because Thrift does not "remember" which generated file belongs to which IDL file.

Unfortunately I can't think of any place where this is really good documented, that's true. We probably should change that and make it clear, because it is indeed a FAQ.

Have fun,
JensG


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Von: Jeff Aronhalt
Gesendet: 17.06.2015 23:01
An: jensgeyer@hotmail.com
Betreff: Re: THRIFT-3188

Hi, Jens.


I'm writing to ask for clarification regarding something you mentioned in a comment in THRIFT-3188.


Is the only reason it's a bad idea "to split one namespace across multiple Thrift IDL files" because there's no explicit handling in the Thrift compiler for this? As in, is it intended for namespaces to not be split across files?


Sorry for the redundancy, I just want to clarify this on the behalf of the rest of my engineering team. We love Thrift!


Regards,


Jeff Aronhalt
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