From: Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com>
To: Michael Heerdegen <michael_heerdegen@web.de>
Cc: 26564@debbugs.gnu.org, Kaushal Modi <kaushal.modi@gmail.com>
Subject: bug#26564: Document that only functions and not variables can end with "-p"
Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2017 15:28:51 -0700 (PDT) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <48bc4857-9d10-4768-ba71-5bb21f30fc78@default> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <874lxkdokd.fsf@drachen>
> > I suggest we stay away from helper verbs (or even any words).
> > Verbs, in particular, can be different for singular and plural
> > (e.g. `fancy-candidates-p').
>
> It's a matter of taste. I like when symbols have names that speak to
> me, even when there is no clear rule of how to name them.
Yes. But here we're talking about coming up with a general
naming convention (or not doing so).
> The most important thing is that you see how the binding is
> intended to be used.
Agreed.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2017-04-19 22:28 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 19+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2017-04-19 15:47 bug#26564: Document that only functions and not variables can end with "-p" Kaushal Modi
2017-04-19 16:08 ` Eli Zaretskii
2017-04-19 16:22 ` Kaushal Modi
2017-04-19 21:49 ` Michael Heerdegen
2017-04-19 22:04 ` Drew Adams
2017-04-19 22:18 ` Michael Heerdegen
2019-10-12 20:27 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2019-10-12 20:47 ` Kaushal Modi
2019-10-12 23:18 ` Drew Adams
2019-10-14 1:50 ` Richard Stallman
2019-10-14 2:22 ` Drew Adams
2019-10-14 7:24 ` Eli Zaretskii
2019-10-14 7:21 ` Eli Zaretskii
2017-04-19 17:26 ` Drew Adams
2017-04-19 21:44 ` Michael Heerdegen
2017-04-19 22:01 ` Drew Adams
2017-04-19 22:23 ` Michael Heerdegen
2017-04-19 22:28 ` Drew Adams [this message]
2017-04-20 1:42 ` Drew Adams
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