[libcamera-devel] [RFC PATCH 0/6] Remove using namespace in header files

[Laurent Pinchart]

Hi Hiro,

On Wed, Oct 20, 2021 at 12:01:52PM +0900, Hirokazu Honda wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 20, 2021 at 11:39 AM Laurent Pinchart wrote:
> > On Wed, Oct 20, 2021 at 11:26:26AM +0900, Hirokazu Honda wrote:
> > > Hi Laurent,
> > >
> > > Would you merge this patch series?
> >
> > It has been merged already :-)
> 
> I couldn't find the commits somehow.
> Could you tell me the commit hash?

1526650fc781 test: Remove using namespace in header files
af60569cbc16 lc-compliance: Remove using namespace in header files
4689b165720e v4l2: Remove using namespace in header files
f277590d5cb1 qcam: Remove using namespace in header files
3b93746907df cam: Remove using namespace in stream_options.h
ba7cf5d6544d ipa: raspberrypi: agc: Remove using namespace in agc.hpp

> > > On Tue, Oct 5, 2021 at 6:51 PM Laurent Pinchart wrote:
> > > > On Tue, Oct 05, 2021 at 04:31:08PM +0900, Hirokazu Honda wrote:
> > > > > According to Google C++ style guide, using-directives (i.e.
> > > > > "using namespace foo") should not be used. However, libcamera has
> > > > > been using the scheme in many files. Removing using-directives
> > > > > entirely in the code definitely needs the dicussion.
> > > >
> > > > Indeed, that would need discussions :-) Part of the discussion would
> > > > likely touch the namespace name, libcamera is fairly long.
> > > >
> > > > > This patch series resolves the porblem of using using-directives
> > > > > in header file, which I expect I can handily get the agreement
> > > > > from developers. Using-directives in a header file is propagated
> > > > > to all the files including the header file. This pollutes
> > > > > namespace severely.
> > > >
> > > > Overall it looks fine to me, although I'm not sure it's such a big deal.
> > > > Yes, using directives are propagated, which is a bad idea in general,
> > > > but the header files below are all internal the the component they
> > > > relate to. The risk of namespace polution is thus more theoretical than
> > > > practical.
> > > >
> > > > This being said, we're already using this policy in the HAL headers, and
> > > > I don't object extending it to all headers. I'll side with the majority.
> > > >
> > > > > [1] https://google.github.io/styleguide/cppguide.html#Namespaces
> > > > >
> > > > > Hirokazu Honda (6):
> > > > >   ipa: raspberrypi: agc: Remove using namespace in agc.hpp
> > > > >   cam: Remove using namespace in stream_options.h
> > > > >   qcam: Remove using namespace in header files
> > > > >   v4l2: Remove using namespace in header files
> > > > >   lc-compliance: Remove using namespace in header files
> > > > >   test: Remove using namespace in header files
> > > > >
> > > > >  src/cam/stream_options.h                      |  8 ++--
> > > > >  src/ipa/raspberrypi/controller/rpi/agc.cpp    |  7 ++++
> > > > >  src/ipa/raspberrypi/controller/rpi/agc.hpp    |  6 +--
> > > > >  src/lc-compliance/environment.cpp             |  2 +-
> > > > >  src/lc-compliance/environment.h               |  8 ++--
> > > > >  src/qcam/dng_writer.h                         | 10 ++---
> > > > >  src/qcam/main.cpp                             |  2 +-
> > > > >  src/qcam/main_window.h                        | 40 +++++++++----------
> > > > >  src/v4l2/v4l2_camera.h                        | 37 +++++++++--------
> > > > >  src/v4l2/v4l2_camera_proxy.h                  | 15 ++++---
> > > > >  src/v4l2/v4l2_compat_manager.h                |  4 +-
> > > > >  test/camera/camera_reconfigure.cpp            |  1 +
> > > > >  test/camera/capture.cpp                       |  1 +
> > > > >  test/camera/configuration_default.cpp         |  1 +
> > > > >  test/camera/configuration_set.cpp             |  1 +
> > > > >  test/camera/statemachine.cpp                  |  1 +
> > > > >  test/gstreamer/gstreamer_test.h               |  2 -
> > > > >  test/libtest/buffer_source.cpp                |  2 +
> > > > >  test/libtest/buffer_source.h                  | 10 ++---
> > > > >  test/libtest/camera_test.h                    |  6 +--
> > > > >  test/mapped-buffer.cpp                        |  1 +
> > > > >  test/media_device/media_device_test.h         |  6 +--
> > > > >  test/serialization/serialization_test.h       | 10 ++---
> > > > >  test/v4l2_subdevice/v4l2_subdevice_test.h     |  8 ++--
> > > > >  test/v4l2_videodevice/buffer_sharing.cpp      |  2 +
> > > > >  test/v4l2_videodevice/capture_async.cpp       |  2 +
> > > > >  test/v4l2_videodevice/v4l2_videodevice_test.h | 14 +++----
> > > > >  27 files changed, 100 insertions(+), 107 deletions(-)

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Regards,

Laurent Pinchart