From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: image-transform.el and image-mode.el rewrite Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2014 21:37:49 +0200 Message-ID: <83sigbsa5u.fsf@gnu.org> References: <87a9lp8uxk.fsf@gmail.com> <87ppuk6qqb.fsf@gmail.com> <87vc49y793.fsf@gmail.com> <87ppuhxk04.fsf@gmail.com> <87ehavihbp.fsf_-_@gmail.com> <1a7ggiwcta.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> <1uwqlnr5yh.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> <87siwbnxan.fsf@gmail.com> <878uy348h3.fsf@web.de> <87tx0xdzqo.fsf@gmail.com> <87oar0tudb.fsf@gmail.com> <83a92kt3u7.fsf@gnu.org> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1419017895 21070 80.91.229.3 (19 Dec 2014 19:38:15 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2014 19:38:15 +0000 (UTC) Cc: michael_heerdegen@web.de, rgm@gnu.org, spinuvit@gmail.com, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Stefan Monnier Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Dec 19 20:38:08 2014 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 1Y23NH-000529-QW for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 19 Dec 2014 20:38:07 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:60290 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Y23NH-0006sC-6n for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 19 Dec 2014 14:38:07 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:50645) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Y23NA-0006rC-2M for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 19 Dec 2014 14:38:05 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Y23N2-0006O8-AN for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 19 Dec 2014 14:37:59 -0500 Original-Received: from mtaout20.012.net.il ([80.179.55.166]:53899) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Y23N2-0006NX-2U; Fri, 19 Dec 2014 14:37:52 -0500 Original-Received: from conversion-daemon.a-mtaout20.012.net.il by a-mtaout20.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) id <0NGU00A00GCYVF00@a-mtaout20.012.net.il>; Fri, 19 Dec 2014 21:37:50 +0200 (IST) Original-Received: from HOME-C4E4A596F7 ([87.69.4.28]) by a-mtaout20.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) with ESMTPA id <0NGU00AUQH72QP50@a-mtaout20.012.net.il>; Fri, 19 Dec 2014 21:37:50 +0200 (IST) In-reply-to: X-012-Sender: halo1@inter.net.il X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Solaris 10 X-Received-From: 80.179.55.166 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:180340 Archived-At: > From: Stefan Monnier > Cc: spinuvit@gmail.com, michael_heerdegen@web.de, rgm@gnu.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org > Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2014 12:50:20 -0500 > > >> > With the exception of `image-mode-fit-frame` all renames either added or > >> > removed -mode- from the name. The rationale is very simple. Functions > >> > that operate on images and are meaningful outside of `image-mode` don't > >> > have -mode- in the name. > >> Makes sense. > > Now _I_ am confused. I thought the "image-mode-" prefix was for > > namespace reasons, because the symbols are defined in a package named > > "image-mode". I thought this was our rule: to request such prefixes > > based on the package name. > > Many packages use more than one prefix. Some packages use only one > prefix, but it is slightly different from the file name. Other packages > use one prefix shared by several files. > So, the rule is somewhat flexible. No matter what is the current situation, the question is what we want it to be. I guess the answer is more or less "we don't care".