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Re: [zzdev] Re: [zzdev] Re: [zzdev] PATCH (0.55 bug): Subroutine args incorrectly propagated to curscr
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- Subject: Re: [zzdev] Re: [zzdev] Re: [zzdev] PATCH (0.55 bug): Subroutine args incorrectly propagated to curscr
- From: Andrew Pam <xanni@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1998 00:21:57 +1100
- In-reply-to: <19981118235440.U813@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; from Bek Oberin on Wed, Nov 18, 1998 at 11:54:40PM +1100
- References: <19981028040241.11259.qmail@xxxxxxxxxx> <19981028164722.P6044@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> <19981118195649.G5778@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> <19981118235440.U813@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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On Wed, Nov 18, 1998 at 11:54:40PM +1100, Bek Oberin wrote:
> Andrew Pam wrote:
> > I hereby request that we avoid the & syntax altogether unless semantically
> > required, and find another way to distinguish local functions. Perhaps we
> > should capitalise the first letter of local functions?
>
> Ghods NO. Don't do anything so hideously ugly and non-standard!
It's just a naming convention, and I have seen it used before. It is
consistent with the global variables too - after all, the functions also
have global scope (within package main, anyway!)
Of course, another alternative might be to prefix all our functions with "zz_"
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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