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Re: Document that symbol prefix "my-" (or other) should be left for user


From: David Reitter
Subject: Re: Document that symbol prefix "my-" (or other) should be left for users
Date: Tue, 15 Dec 2015 19:16:26 -0500

On Dec 13, 2015, at 1:32 PM, Drew Adams <address@hidden> wrote:
> 
>> 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.

Which language would that be?

The vast majority of modern languages have some form of scoping that determines 
the namespace for global-like variables, often with several levels of hierarchy.


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