Re: ':' in type names ?

[Tim Janik <timj gtk org>]

On 25 Aug 2001, Martin Baulig wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> is there any reason why GObject doesn't allow you to put a ':' into a type name ?

the type system currently just allowes [A-Za-z0-9+_-] for type names,
and assumes that '-' == '+' == '_', i.e. these characters are not going
to be used to make two type names distinct, so LBs can do s/[+-_]/_/ or
s/[+-_]/-/, depending on what is appropriate.
as to why not allowing other characters in type names, think of LBs
mapping type names into language symbols, e.g. C++:
class Martin:Baulig { } simply isn't going to work (Martin:Baulig
is _not_ one identifier, whereas Martin_Baulig is).

> 
> -- 
> Martin Baulig
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