[jira] Updated: (THRIFT-9) Add a default namespace declaration for all languages

["David Reiss (JIRA)" <ji...@apache.org>]

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David Reiss updated THRIFT-9:
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> Add a default namespace declaration for all languages
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>
>                 Key: THRIFT-9
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/THRIFT-9
>             Project: Thrift
>          Issue Type: Improvement
>          Components: Compiler (General)
>            Reporter: Johan Stuyts
>            Assignee: David Reiss
>            Priority: Minor
>         Attachments: default-namespace.patch
>
>
> The namespace for each language has to be specified separately. As new languages are supported, existing Thrift files automatically become outdated because no namespace has been specified for the new languages. I also suspect that in most cases most namespaces have the same value:
> {code:none}namespace cocoa  com.acme.foo
> namespace cpp    com.acme.foo
> namespace csharp com.acme.foo
> namespace java   com.acme.foo
> php_namespace    com.acme.foo
> namespace perl   com.acme.foo
> namespace py     com.acme.foo
> namespace rb     com.acme.foo
> namespace smalltalk.category Acme.Foo{code}
> By introducing a default namespace the number of namespace declarations can be reduced, and the chance that a Thrift file has to be updated because a new language is supported becomes smaller. Namespace declarations for a specific language override the default namespace:
> {code:none}namespace * com.acme.foo
> namespace smalltalk.category Acme.Foo
> {code}
> Instead of using an asterisk the keyword {{default}} could also be used.
> This issue was discussed earlier on the mailing list:
> http://publists.facebook.com/pipermail/thrift/2008-May/000989.html

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