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| author | Richard M. Stallman <[email protected]> | 2005-09-06 04:40:23 +0000 |
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| committer | Richard M. Stallman <[email protected]> | 2005-09-06 04:40:23 +0000 |
| commit | 2a6bc1f7cae62b2ddfdf574ba4686fdecb92bfc7 (patch) | |
| tree | ad54e3839efbc507dd59c752c4fc03ec28e7f3c2 /lispref | |
| parent | f4885d8137feeee620e5cd224093d1fcb71b3af0 (diff) | |
(Coding Conventions): Sometimes it is ok to put the
package prefix elsewhere than at the start of the name.
Diffstat (limited to 'lispref')
| -rw-r--r-- | lispref/ChangeLog | 5 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | lispref/tips.texi | 4 |
2 files changed, 8 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/lispref/ChangeLog b/lispref/ChangeLog index ec8885138b..8fc5754bf8 100644 --- a/lispref/ChangeLog +++ b/lispref/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,8 @@ +2005-09-06 Richard M. Stallman <[email protected]> + + * tips.texi (Coding Conventions): Sometimes it is ok to put the + package prefix elsewhere than at the start of the name. + 2005-09-03 Richard M. Stallman <[email protected]> * tips.texi (Programming Tips): Add conventions for minibuffer diff --git a/lispref/tips.texi b/lispref/tips.texi index d651eb95f0..fbf18047bd 100644 --- a/lispref/tips.texi +++ b/lispref/tips.texi @@ -56,7 +56,9 @@ distinguish your program from other Lisp programs.@footnote{The benefits of a Common Lisp-style package system are considered not to outweigh the costs.} Then take care to begin the names of all global variables, constants, and functions in your program with the chosen -prefix. This helps avoid name conflicts. +prefix. This helps avoid name conflicts. (Occasionally, for a command +name intended for users to use, it is cleaner if some words come +before the package name prefix.) This recommendation applies even to names for traditional Lisp primitives that are not primitives in Emacs Lisp---such as |