From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Drew Adams Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: RE: Document that symbol prefix "my-" (or other) should be left for users Date: Tue, 15 Dec 2015 17:26:21 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: References: <87mvtekydf.fsf@mithlond.arda> <7F32DB0A-6B88-479C-8504-95F41713DDB1@gmail.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1450229218 3997 80.91.229.3 (16 Dec 2015 01:26:58 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 16 Dec 2015 01:26:58 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Teemu Likonen , emacs-devel@gnu.org To: David Reitter Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Dec 16 02:26:45 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 1a90rd-0002AK-9L for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 16 Dec 2015 02:26:45 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:39835 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1a90rc-0005z6-F8 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 15 Dec 2015 20:26:44 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:59926) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1a90rN-0005yl-VI for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 15 Dec 2015 20:26:30 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1a90rK-0002OK-Q1 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 15 Dec 2015 20:26:29 -0500 Original-Received: from aserp1040.oracle.com ([141.146.126.69]:17095) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1a90rK-0002OA-JO for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 15 Dec 2015 20:26:26 -0500 Original-Received: from userv0022.oracle.com (userv0022.oracle.com [156.151.31.74]) by aserp1040.oracle.com (Sentrion-MTA-4.3.2/Sentrion-MTA-4.3.2) with ESMTP id tBG1QNpG001896 (version=TLSv1 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK); Wed, 16 Dec 2015 01:26:24 GMT Original-Received: from aserv0122.oracle.com (aserv0122.oracle.com [141.146.126.236]) by userv0022.oracle.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id tBG1QNUG028679 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=FAIL); Wed, 16 Dec 2015 01:26:23 GMT Original-Received: from abhmp0008.oracle.com (abhmp0008.oracle.com [141.146.116.14]) by aserv0122.oracle.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id tBG1QM4R025277; Wed, 16 Dec 2015 01:26:22 GMT In-Reply-To: <7F32DB0A-6B88-479C-8504-95F41713DDB1@gmail.com> X-Priority: 3 X-Mailer: Oracle Beehive Extensions for Outlook 2.0.1.9 (901082) [OL 12.0.6691.5000 (x86)] X-Source-IP: userv0022.oracle.com [156.151.31.74] X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.4.x-2.6.x [generic] X-Received-From: 141.146.126.69 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:196337 Archived-At: > >> 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. > > > > Yes. As in any other language. >=20 > Which language would that be? Ok, you got me. So can you give a reason why Emacs-Lisp coding conventions should reserve such a prefix (or any other) for users? Haven't heard any reason, so far.