From: Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com>
To: Ian Dunn <dunni@gnu.org>, emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: RE: Question about function prefixes
Date: Sun, 8 Oct 2017 12:42:59 -0700 (PDT) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <912bbeb4-0f6a-4411-8135-dd10ae5b1c40@default> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87zi91lf9l.fsf@gnu.org>
> I've received a suggestion to add functionality for a Beaufort cipher[1] to
> my vigenere.el package. A Beaufort cipher uses almost exactly the same
> algorithm as a Vigenere cipher, with some small changes. The differences
> are small enough that I can modify vigenere.el to handle a Beaufort cipher
> with only a few lines changed.
>
> Prefixing the Beaufort functions with "vigenere-" seems confusing to users,
> so would it be acceptable to prefix them with "beaufort-"?
Is this about the prefix you use in a library that you have
authored? If so, you can use whatever prefix you like.
If you think that using prefix `vigenere-' for something
that is different from a Vigenere cipher, then consider
changing the prefix.
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2017-10-08 17:29 Question about function prefixes Ian Dunn
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