Oh, man. Now I wish that Emacs temporary files didn't end with ~ (because seeing that makes me want to delete it....) otherwise, I love this idea for a naming convention for parameters. (To fit in with other naming conventions, we should probably use a suffix, tho, and "@", "^", "%", and "<%>" have all been taken.)
Robby On Mon, May 7, 2012 at 9:54 AM, Marijn <hk...@gentoo.org> wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On 04-05-12 05:03, Neil Van Dyke wrote: >> Matthias Felleisen wrote at 05/03/2012 10:57 PM: >>> I don't think Eli is proposing an elimination of the old names >>> but supplementing the code base with new ones. >>> >>> I am in favor -- Matthias >> >> Would be good to have a shorter naming convention for all >> parameters. The "current-" prefix is not short, but it's what I've >> been using when coding new parameters, because that's the >> convention. > > How about prefixing a tilda (~) instead of "current-"? It looks like a > current ;P and also like a snake (parameters could be thought to > ``snake'' through the code). Alternatively the at-sign (@) to > represent currentness. To make them stand out more (if that is > desirable) the same symbol could be postfixed as well. In conclusion, > some options are: > > ~error-port > @error-port > ~error-port~ > @error-port@ > > Just some random thoughts, > > Marijn > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v2.0.19 (GNU/Linux) > Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ > > iEYEARECAAYFAk+n4hUACgkQp/VmCx0OL2xyCgCfVhr3/gHu/n0bdRTaCPVaILz7 > dOwAnjf1HbYc0nBy/hnqWax9C1AQE765 > =qgJq > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > _________________________ > Racket Developers list: > http://lists.racket-lang.org/dev _________________________ Racket Developers list: http://lists.racket-lang.org/dev