Re: PDD X: Perl API conventions

[Damien Neil]

On Sat, Mar 03, 2001 at 07:57:54PM +0100, Paolo Molaro wrote:
> All the function names shall begin with the C<perl_> prefix. The only exception
> is function names that may be used only in the perl core: these names shall
> begin with the C<_perl_> prefix. This will make it possible to export only
> the perl_* functions from the libperl library on the platforms that support that.

ISO/ANSI C reserves identifiers beginning with a _.  I recommend using
"perl_" and "perl__" if you want to distinguish internal-only functions
from public ones.

                         - Damien