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Naming conventions for defining macros
From: |
Philipp Stephani |
Subject: |
Naming conventions for defining macros |
Date: |
Tue, 24 Feb 2015 06:45:28 +0000 |
Hi,
the manual page about coding conventions says: "Constructs that define a
function or variable should be macros, not functions, and their names
should start with `define-'." This recommendation is at odds with the usual
recommendation to prefix all non-local names with the package name and
doesn't seem to be widely followed by either Emacs (e.g. ert-deftest,
cl-defstruct) or popular third-party packages (e.g. magit-define-command).
Should we get rid of this recommendation? It amounts to special-casing a
certain class of names without much benefit.
Thanks,
Philipp
- Naming conventions for defining macros,
Philipp Stephani <=