From: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
To: Davin Pearson <davin.pearson@gmail.com>
Cc: emacs-devel <emacs-devel@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: Special Event: Davin reveals his own personal additions to Emacs.
Date: Thu, 14 Jul 2022 10:13:15 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <jwv35f3yek5.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAG9ihEteZJVq-1ujNND7MWCz20+Nqoj=WLRutAXhQZ4-ctdewQ@mail.gmail.com> (Davin Pearson's message of "Thu, 14 Jul 2022 14:30:04 +1200")
> Is dmp a reasonable prefix for global variables?
Any prefix is potentially reasonable, yes.
IIUC the code under discussion is an example in a piece of text
discussing ELisp coding style, so which prefix is used doesn't matter,
the important thing is not to set a bad example of code using no prefix
at all.
Given that the example function uses `manifest-` as prefix, I'd
recommend you use `manifest-` as a prefix for the variable as well.
> I once used my-* for my global variables but abandoned it
> when other people started to use my code.
In code which is intended to be shared with other people to use, `my-`
is probably not the best choice, indeed. But for your own personal
code, `my-` is fine (and if people copy&use that code anyway, it becomes
their own personal code, so `my-` is also fine).
> It is rather unlikely that there is a dmp out there in the world today.
I can definitely imagine someone using `dmp-` as a prefix for some
package, tho I don't know if that's the case currently, indeed.
> Lisp namespaces should be allocated on a first in first served basis,
> which is how internet domain names are allocated.
That's pretty much how it works out, tho allocation is "de facto".
Stefan
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2022-07-14 14:13 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 20+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2022-07-10 3:39 Special Event: Davin reveals his own personal additions to Emacs Davin Pearson
2022-07-10 8:56 ` Philip Kaludercic
2022-07-12 23:20 ` Davin Pearson
2022-07-10 11:45 ` Jean Louis
2022-07-12 22:35 ` Davin Pearson
2022-07-13 3:08 ` Stefan Monnier
2022-07-13 22:57 ` Davin Pearson
2022-07-14 1:47 ` Stefan Monnier
2022-07-14 2:30 ` Davin Pearson
2022-07-14 4:42 ` Davin Pearson
2022-07-14 14:13 ` Stefan Monnier [this message]
2022-07-10 12:57 ` Stefan Monnier
2022-07-10 16:03 ` Document that symbol prefix "my-" (or other) should be left for users Teemu Likonen
2022-07-10 16:59 ` Stefan Kangas
2022-07-10 18:11 ` Bozhidar Batsov
2022-07-10 19:20 ` Tim Cross
2022-07-11 3:17 ` Richard Stallman
2022-07-10 18:22 ` Special Event: Davin reveals his own personal additions to Emacs Clément Pit-Claudel
2022-07-10 19:50 ` Rudolf Adamkovič
2022-07-17 1:43 ` Davin Pearson
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