Namespace name of PartitionAlloc standalone library

[Yuki Shiino]

Hi memory-dev@,

We're now working to make PartitionAlloc library a standalone library (a separate library from //base), and then we need a new namespace which is unique to the new PartitionAlloc library.  What namespace name would you recommend?

The current candidates are:

1. partition_allocator

2. partition_alloc

3. pa (acronym of Partition Allocator)

For example, the current ::base::PartitionRoot will be renamed to ::partition_allocator::PartitionRoot.

Other ideas are very welcome, and let us know your recommendations.  We'd like to make an agreement on the namespace name on this thread.

Cheers,

Yuki Shiino

[Kentaro Hara]

I don't have any strong opinion but would vote for #2 or #3 :)

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[Bartek Nowierski]

Not a strong opinion either, but I generally prefer longer names to avoid conflicts with something else that happens to abbreviate "pa". #1 is too long though, so I vote for #2.

[Benoit Lize]

#2 or #3, but I don't have a strong preference on the bike shed color :)

If we use a long name such as partition_alloc, we may also "at some point" remove some of the "Partition*" prefixes we have in many places (at least when it's not tied to a specific partition, so I would imagine that e.g. PartitionRoot would keep its name).

[Bartek Nowierski]

Another name that crossed my mind was "palloc", but when I googled, another allocator under this name exists... dunno if that matters.

[Yuki Shiino]

Thanks for voting.  It looks that everyone is happy with #2 "partition_alloc" as the namespace name of the new PartitionAlloc library, and no other recommendation so far.  Then, let us go with "partition_alloc".

Cheers,

Yuki Shiino

2021年11月20日(土) 7:43 Bartek Nowierski <bar...@chromium.org>: