On 4-3-2011 12:55, Aditya Mahajan wrote:
I also like \<module>_<command>. That is better than \<module><command>
that I have been using. Of course, this means that _ should not have its
usual meaning. I haven't checked on how \unprotect works in MkII. If it
makes _ a letter, then I'll switch to \<module>_<command>.
the main disadvantage of _ (at least in the past) is that it can get
invisible on a low res screen
Another option might be to use \<module>.<command> with . having the
right catcode. That will give macro names a more OOP feel.
indeed, but unfortunately it clashes with . being other in dimensions
(althoug i can imagine that we patch luatex to accept it)
I know that \do \dodo \dododo is not the best notation, but I don't
find _ __ ___ better.
I don’t like the __ and ___ either but do you know a better way for good
names without using do, dodo, nodo, yes or nop?
we can have module_do_bla or module_x_bla module_xx_bla etc
I find that \module__command and \module___command are hard to
distinguish. For helper macros, a better idea might be:
\module_command
\module_command!
\module_command!!
or
\module_!_command
\module_!!_command
These commands are easy to distinguish visually. But this will not work
for too well for three or four levels. I think that none of the schemes
look good for three or four levels. Perhaps we could mix both existing
schemes to get something reasonable:
\module_command
\module_command!
\module_command!do
\module_command!redo
or maybe
\module_command
\module_command_one
\module_command_two
\module_command_three
or
\module_command_a
\module_command_b
\module_command_aa (used by _a)
etc
actually we can use ^ if we want:
\module_^_command
\module_^^_command
Hans
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