At 11:08 AM 7/15/2002 -0700, Damien Neil wrote: >On Mon, Jul 15, 2002 at 12:34:52AM -0400, Melvin Smith wrote: > > >The last four are reserved by various C and C++ standards. > > > > I always hear this, but in real life it is never much of a problem. > > Especially > > with a namespace like [Parrot] > >It is a good idea to avoid using the reserved identifier space, not >only because it avoids conflicts with vendor libraries, but for >documentation purposes. The leading underscore means "system internal, >do not touch"; blurring this meaning doesn't help. > >It's also unnecessary. It isn't like there aren't perfectly good >alternatives--what's wrong with "Parrot__"?
Well, what's wrong with Parrot_ ? -Melvin
