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Re: hidden classes

To: REALbasic Plugins <realbasic-plugins at lists dot realsoftware dot com>
Subject: Re: hidden classes
From: Björn Eiríksson <bjorn at einhugur dot com>
Date: Wed, 29 Jun 2005 21:32:44 +0000
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References: <1gyxxas dot 1m65iwkq2ap7hM%support at monkeybreadsoftware dot de> <a06200712bee8c04a164d at [10 dot 10 dot 13 dot 4]>
A Rule of thumb, if you need it then others need it, so if RS needs internal classes, then there are bound to be cases where Plugin authors need internal classes too. (Something to think about when designing a SDK)

(Not that I have ever used them my self)

Björn


On 29.6.2005, at 21:18, Joseph J. Strout wrote:

At 11:03 PM +0200 6/29/05, Christian Schmitz wrote:


 > Put a _ in front of the class name.

Cool. Thank you. I'll use that.
(it should be documented)


No, it should NOT. This is not a feature we want our plugin authors to use. All identifier names starting with an underscore are reserved for use by us, for several reasons. If we wanted you using it, we'd have documented it -- and just because somebody has discovered it, is not a good reason to use it. Future versions of REALbasic may well make identifiers starting with an underscore a syntax error, which would cause plugins using it to break.

Thanks,
- Joe

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