Re: [Caml-list] Ocaml and Samba function name collisions

["Nicolas Cannasse" <warplayer@free.fr>]

> > The synopsis of this message is to ask that the Ocaml source
> > code prepend a Ocaml specific string, "ml_", "caml_" or "ocaml_"
> > to all function names in Ocaml's source code to avoid name
> > collisions with other packages.  My case is made below :)
>
> I will definitely sign this petition. I had a similar problem while
> trying to write an ocaml binding to the graphviz library. Both the
> libraries defined, IIRC, a color struct used in graphviz for node colors
> and in ocaml by the GC :-(

This is not a primitive name problem, but a data structure one (when
including file).
It can be easily resolved by using a #define color caml_color (or the
working equivalent) before including the caml headers.
Other solution is to put the caml headers into a C++ namespace.
BTW I'm not signing this petition : having everything prefixed with caml_ is
way to heavy. But for theses string_get string_set primitives that's true
the naming is too much generic and proper to name collision. Only theses
kinds should be renamed.

Nicolas Cannasse

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