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Marius Vollmer 2001-07-03 17:41:12 +00:00
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@ -292,13 +292,14 @@ the list of years in the copyright notice at the top of the file.
them in THANKS.
- Naming conventions. We use certain naming conventions to structure
the considerable number of global identifiers. All identifiers
should be either all lower case or all upper case. Syllables are
separated by underscaores `_'. All non-static identifiers should
start with scm_ or SCM_. Then might follow zero or more one letter
syllables giving the category of the identifier. The currently used
category identifiers are
Naming conventions =================================================
We use certain naming conventions to structure the considerable number
of global identifiers. All identifiers should be either all lower
case or all upper case. Syllables are separated by underscores `_'.
All non-static identifiers should start with scm_ or SCM_. Then might
follow zero or more syllables giving the category of the identifier.
The currently used category identifiers are
t - type name
@ -319,6 +320,20 @@ them in THANKS.
s - a constant C string
k - a SCM variable pointing to a keyword.
sym - a SCM variable pointing to a symbol.
var - a SCM variable pointing to a variable object.
The follwing syllables also have a technical meaning:
str - this denotes a zero terminated C string
mem - a C string with an explicit count
See also the file `devel/names.text'.
Helpful hints ========================================================