From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: David Reitter Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Document that symbol prefix "my-" (or other) should be left for users Date: Tue, 15 Dec 2015 19:16:26 -0500 Message-ID: <7F32DB0A-6B88-479C-8504-95F41713DDB1@gmail.com> References: <87mvtekydf.fsf@mithlond.arda> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 9.1 \(3096.5\)) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1450225014 8742 80.91.229.3 (16 Dec 2015 00:16:54 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 16 Dec 2015 00:16:54 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Teemu Likonen , emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Drew Adams Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Dec 16 01:16:49 2015 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 1a8zlv-0004wA-4M for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 16 Dec 2015 01:16:47 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:39672 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1a8zlu-0000PB-DX for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 15 Dec 2015 19:16:46 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:47419) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1a8zlh-0000Ox-GF for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 15 Dec 2015 19:16:34 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1a8zld-0004DF-KK for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 15 Dec 2015 19:16:32 -0500 Original-Received: from mail-qg0-x230.google.com ([2607:f8b0:400d:c04::230]:36801) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1a8zld-0004Cd-GJ for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 15 Dec 2015 19:16:29 -0500 Original-Received: by mail-qg0-x230.google.com with SMTP id 103so21934379qgi.3 for ; Tue, 15 Dec 2015 16:16:29 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=subject:mime-version:content-type:from:in-reply-to:date:cc :content-transfer-encoding:message-id:references:to; bh=rP1NV3V39shPxJGfcH6hVPWWJyRuZ4KpX+vUj9iaGlk=; b=QdMLkP4mpnUE3CfifQihd415TTftkcjMEm4ag9sH9AQC7T9+uZJkodo6y3qRK+9I7L qD5LANyQPZ7RNkiBZO4QXDRxqKqqfZEpzZVeysb9TJlZtlJzCVw0UvyFgAYziHusA/YW 1MuclZ0v356jBlzwHeXhzEjkonVrrT7hqCOO5F5dy7+lb639xK7pj2RU4xx0rCZvLTKw IH6O4OW5VrCiH7yHZCQLHW5eactegfZnLIg2lzr4aiU1LYutv77t1T0JtwdFJW3Kz72b FmUKoi3hEiXTsdnRV03kxurWgVBeeZQGPlxht+MvzfwP7IaYny0ba+bqagqS8wQMData D5yA== X-Received: by 10.140.109.100 with SMTP id k91mr57331679qgf.23.1450224989091; Tue, 15 Dec 2015 16:16:29 -0800 (PST) Original-Received: from [10.0.1.23] (c-71-58-212-112.hsd1.pa.comcast.net. [71.58.212.112]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id z2sm1552420qhz.38.2015.12.15.16.16.27 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Tue, 15 Dec 2015 16:16:27 -0800 (PST) X-Priority: 3 In-Reply-To: X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.3096.5) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 2607:f8b0:400d:c04::230 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:196333 Archived-At: On Dec 13, 2015, at 1:32 PM, Drew Adams wrote: >=20 >> It seems to me that Emacs users often use "my-" prefix or person's >> initials (like "tl-" or "tl/") as prefix when writing their private >> extensions and configuration. >=20 > Yes. As in any other language. Which language would that be? The vast majority of modern languages have some form of scoping that = determines the namespace for global-like variables, often with several = levels of hierarchy.=