From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Naming internal functions Date: Mon, 08 Apr 2013 17:28:46 -0400 Message-ID: References: <87hajhswdh.fsf@gmail.com> <87y5csu7ml.fsf@gmail.com> <87zjx8ivyb.fsf_-_@earth.home> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1365456531 27570 80.91.229.3 (8 Apr 2013 21:28:51 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 8 Apr 2013 21:28:51 +0000 (UTC) To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Apr 08 23:28:53 2013 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1UPJcS-00064s-0Y for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 08 Apr 2013 23:28:52 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:33300 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UPJcR-00077x-Kc for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 08 Apr 2013 17:28:51 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:47851) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UPJcO-00077o-5i for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 08 Apr 2013 17:28:49 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UPJcN-0002bx-CF for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 08 Apr 2013 17:28:48 -0400 Original-Received: from ironport2-out.teksavvy.com ([206.248.154.182]:52532) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UPJcN-0002bn-7I for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 08 Apr 2013 17:28:47 -0400 X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: Av4EABK/CFFFxLSu/2dsb2JhbABEvw4Xc4IeAQEEAVYoCws0EhQYDYhCBsEtjWGDKQOkeoFegxM X-IPAS-Result: Av4EABK/CFFFxLSu/2dsb2JhbABEvw4Xc4IeAQEEAVYoCws0EhQYDYhCBsEtjWGDKQOkeoFegxM X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.84,565,1355115600"; d="scan'208";a="6943075" Original-Received: from 69-196-180-174.dsl.teksavvy.com (HELO pastel.home) ([69.196.180.174]) by ironport2-out.teksavvy.com with ESMTP/TLS/ADH-AES256-SHA; 08 Apr 2013 17:28:43 -0400 Original-Received: by pastel.home (Postfix, from userid 20848) id 5605062EFE; Mon, 8 Apr 2013 17:28:46 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: <87zjx8ivyb.fsf_-_@earth.home> (Christopher Schmidt's message of "Mon, 8 Apr 2013 21:55:18 +0100 (BST)") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.3.50 (gnu/linux) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-Received-From: 206.248.154.182 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:158785 Archived-At: >> I'd be happy to refine/extend/tweak the existing conventions, but >> switching to different ones would be a lot more problematic. > I would like to propose a tweak to the prefix convention. > (info "(elisp)Coding Conventions") > Let's separate package and name of internal functions or variables with > two consecutive dashes. Sounds good, tho a suggested patch would be welcome. > There are some packages which implement that already, such as epg or cl. Indeed I like to use this convention. Stefan