Re: [PEPr] Comment on HTML::HTML_Element

On Apr 22, 2004, at 10:20 AM, PEPr wrote:

Alan Knowles (http://pear.php.net/user/alan_k) has commented on the proposal for HTML::HTML_Element. Comment: I'm not too keen on this taking the HTML_Element namespace - I did have some long term plan to propose this as HTML_Element (or for somebody else to volunteer) http://pear.php.net/manual/en/package.html.html-template-flexy.element.html-template-flexy-element.php ...

adding this as HTML_Common_Object which just extended HTML common, seems like a reasonable scope for the package.. - I dont know who is maintaining HTML_Common, but adding factory into that may be a good way to build on that model.

Agreed that the HTML_Common API might use some updating. However, is it fair to use one developer's future plans as a reason to change a current proposed name from another developer? Under that model, I think it may become too easy to "squat" on a namespace indefinitely. I am *not* impugning your character or intentions, Alan, as you have always been forthright and upstanding on the list, not to mention patient, polite, and thoughtful. I just don't like the idea of setting that kind of precedent; I think you can see why the idea unsettles me. If there is to be discussion about naming, I figure it should be about the best name for the package under consideration, not about packages that are not yet in the system. Maybe that's just me. -- Paul M. Jones Savant: the simple alternative to Smarty for PHP. http://phpsavant.com/ DB_Table: build RDBMS tables and HTML forms in one PHP class. http://wiki.ciaweb.net/yawiki/index.php?area=DB_Table Yawiki: a collaborative online documentation system. http://wiki.ciaweb.net/yawiki/index.php?area=Yawiki