From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: John Yates Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Document that symbol prefix "my-" (or other) should be left for users Date: Tue, 15 Dec 2015 13:29:46 -0500 Message-ID: References: <87mvtekydf.fsf@mithlond.arda> <87egeqkwj2.fsf@mithlond.arda> <87mvtbinc3.fsf@gnu.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=94eb2c0b7c6a6a32570526f3f90f X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1450204195 5907 80.91.229.3 (15 Dec 2015 18:29:55 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 15 Dec 2015 18:29:55 +0000 (UTC) To: Teemu Likonen , Drew Adams , Emacs developers Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Dec 15 19:29:55 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 1a8uMD-0003Ub-Vy for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 15 Dec 2015 19:29:54 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:38627 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1a8uMD-0004T3-CR for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 15 Dec 2015 13:29:53 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:55315) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1a8uM9-0004Sn-0l for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 15 Dec 2015 13:29:49 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1a8uM8-0006c4-3N for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 15 Dec 2015 13:29:48 -0500 Original-Received: from mail-pf0-x229.google.com ([2607:f8b0:400e:c00::229]:35214) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1a8uM7-0006br-TS for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 15 Dec 2015 13:29:48 -0500 Original-Received: by mail-pf0-x229.google.com with SMTP id 63so9062374pff.2 for ; Tue, 15 Dec 2015 10:29:47 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject :from:to:content-type; bh=u5tNgFCiT0eUw7AzqKdePfoanRUI1LKpc9CXEWHcSFg=; b=sYF2qsl7czBecRHNha+eLhLtGQQKOXbqaqUwbSTmOiceoA21dmKv/S7oqBTnYgTtRL 2jRYi4jmyISekEkIdrLqZeYeblvlscF6HukqtArlD/ZCm7JGMcgKvLAul44bbIRXlNDB aeqdLCkJFgETR6T27QOqjJU/0buzGmVxfyB+f0+l0jnUhw/KoAG2H2vZkPyJ/+vV3SDR +b7mz1MuVrx9QvxO0zms3NgrmNRE10yDj3l2/fddmUBDfUE3lwGTzlwboszBQQh3Jezs r5ry2B8Js6sJwcrBYPCjsqeqDBhjleY5oAE7xyngACR0wavmUl9uWOPM+KVeDiEph6OW B3tQ== X-Received: by 10.98.67.156 with SMTP id l28mr32543680pfi.29.1450204186945; Tue, 15 Dec 2015 10:29:46 -0800 (PST) Original-Received: by 10.66.84.35 with HTTP; Tue, 15 Dec 2015 10:29:46 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <87mvtbinc3.fsf@gnu.org> X-Google-Sender-Auth: CCns-XgsUXTG8ocLP6_FV8hxRRI X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 2607:f8b0:400e:c00::229 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:196322 Archived-At: --94eb2c0b7c6a6a32570526f3f90f Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 On Tue, Dec 15, 2015 at 1:22 PM, Tassilo Horn wrote: > There are some packages which have a long name and then use a short > abbreviation for (parts of) their functions and variables. For example, > the `ace-window' package defines functions and variables with the > prefixes ace-* and aw-* (the latter mostly for "private" stuff). At > least the aw-* symbols could easily clash with Anton Wiegley's private > stuff. > How about reserving '/' as the user prefix delimiter and '-' as the package prefix delimiter? Then Anton Wiegley's aw/foo will never conflict with ace-window's aw-foo. /john --94eb2c0b7c6a6a32570526f3f90f Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
On T= ue, Dec 15, 2015 at 1:22 PM, Tassilo Horn <tsdh@gnu.org> wrote:
There are some packages which have a long name and then = use a short
abbreviation for (parts of) their functions and variables.=C2=A0 For exampl= e,
the `ace-window' package defines functions and variables with the
prefixes ace-* and aw-* (the latter mostly for "private" stuff).= =C2=A0 At
least the aw-* symbols could easily clash with Anton Wiegley's private<= br> stuff.

How about reserving '/' = as the user prefix delimiter and '-' as the package prefix delimite= r?=C2=A0 Then Anton Wiegley's aw/foo will never conflict with ace-windo= w's aw-foo.

/john
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