[swift-evolution] The lack of namespaces is leading people astray

[Adrian Zubarev]

If I remember correctly it has been said that we don't need namespaces in favor of submodules, which schould solve these issues.

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Adrian Zubarev
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Am 30. Januar 2017 um 14:55:31, Tuur Anton via swift-evolution (swift-evolution at swift.org(mailto:swift-evolution at swift.org)) schrieb:

> 
> The lack of namespaces is making people create all kinds of "design patterns".
> 
> struct API { 
> static let endpoint = "http://example.com/api"
> }
> 
> Here is an "improvement" to the above "design pattern" to prevent instantiating API: 
> 
> struct API { 
> private init() {}
> static let endpoint = "http://example.com/api"
> }
> 
> Finally, here is another "improvement" that uses enum instead of struct to avoid having to write the private initializer: 
> 
> enum API { 
> static let endpoint = "http://example.com/api"
> }
> 
> I doubt any of you find this beautiful. Yet these "design patterns" (just hacks IMO) are spreading like the plague because of the lack of namespaces. 
> 
> What do you think? 
> 
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