[Moose-dev] Re: [Better Comment Initiative]: FAMIXPackage

we have FAMIXPackage represents a package in the source language. A package is different from a namespace (FAMIXNamespace). They both provide a scope, but the namespace does it from a language perspective. For example, in Java concept of package maps both on the FAMIXNamespace and on a FAMIXPackage: - it is a FAMIXNamespace because it provides a lexical scope for the contained entities, and - it is a FAMIXPackage because it describes the physical structure of the system. I propose FAMIXPackage represents a package in the source language, but when the language only mean grouping of entities without scoping. The scoping aspect is captured by FAMIXNamespace. A package is different from a namespace (FAMIXNamespace). A package defines simply a group of entities. A namespace scopes a group of entities (it may implement an import, a name lookup). For example, in Java concept of package maps both on the FAMIXNamespace and on a FAMIXPackage: - it is a FAMIXNamespace because it provides a lexical scope for the contained entities, and - it is a FAMIXPackage because it describes the physical structure of the system. FAMIX extractor usually map Java package to FAMIXNamespace for these reasons. _______________________________________________ Moose-dev mailing list Moose-dev(a)iam.unibe.ch https://www.iam.unibe.ch/mailman/listinfo/moose-dev