#1768 Pod Naming Conventions

SlimerDude Sun 5 Feb 2012

Is there a standard naming convention for Pods? I'm asking because the documentation seems a bit light on what is and isn't allowed as a Pod name.

I would like to have a namespace for my own pods, like a reduced version of a qualified domain, such as af.utils and af.alife. They seem to install okay, but I then have problems when other pods depend on them.

Assuming dot separated names aren't allowed(?) - how do other people categorise their Pods?

Cheers,

Steve.

brian Sun 5 Feb 2012

The names have to be valid Fantom identifiers. I believe actually we uncovered a bug that the invalid pod names were not being checked by the compiler (but if should be fixed in next build).

As far "organizing" namespaces, that is a very long ongoing debate. Last conversation of length was probably 1514.

SlimerDude Sun 5 Feb 2012

Cheers and ouch! I didn't realise I was opening up a can of worms!

...here's me slowly side stepping away... .. .

dobesv Tue 7 Feb 2012

Haha yeah looks like it was never really resolved there.

It seems like your best bet is to go with a single lower-case word. That'll fit the current convention best.

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