SketchupExtensions Conflicts?

[Jim]

Is it a possibility that extensions written independently by different authors inadvertently use the same Extension name? Would that mean that only the last loaded extension would be available?

[thomthom]

hmm... does SU use the extension.name instead of using the extension object passed?

[Dan Rathbun]

@jim said:

Is it a possibility that extensions written independently by different authors inadvertently use the same Extension name?

Of course they can, if they choose a simple name like "Cylinder" and do not set a version string, or everyone starts out with "1.0.0".. then yes they can conflict.

Authors should use unique names, like: "Foltz: Cylinder", and use a proper version string.

@unknownuser said:

Would that mean that only the last loaded extension would be available?

Sketchup decides whether to load (or not to load,) extensions, based upon a concatination of the name and version string. (Check the registry and you'll see what I mean.)