On Tue, Nov 13, 2018 at 06:11:26 -0500, David Cole via cmake-developers wrote: > I would just like to point out that some modules (ExternalData, > ExternalProject, to name two specific examples) adopted the convention > to prefix all their provided function names with the module name and > an underscore: for example, ExternalProject_Add and > ExternalData_Expand_Arguments. > > These functions adopt a mixed-case function naming convention, since > the module name is mixed case, and since module names are file names, > and some file systems have case sensitive file names ...... they > should stay that way regardless of any convention you may like to try > to adopt elsewhere.
Agreed. I use lower case everywhere I can, but externalproject_add just looks worse than ExternalProject_add (though I'd really prefer external_project_add, that ship sailed long ago). --Ben -- Powered by www.kitware.com Please keep messages on-topic and check the CMake FAQ at: http://www.cmake.org/Wiki/CMake_FAQ Kitware offers various services to support the CMake community. For more information on each offering, please visit: CMake Support: http://cmake.org/cmake/help/support.html CMake Consulting: http://cmake.org/cmake/help/consulting.html CMake Training Courses: http://cmake.org/cmake/help/training.html Visit other Kitware open-source projects at http://www.kitware.com/opensource/opensource.html Follow this link to subscribe/unsubscribe: https://cmake.org/mailman/listinfo/cmake-developers
