On Fri, 25 Oct 2002 at 13:54:45, François Van Emelen wrote: (ref: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>)
>Speaking of Sbasic... Wouldn't it be nice to avoid 'word clashes' by >following some kind of convention? >An example to illustrate this? >I've just discovered W. Lenerz' ARRAY_BIN. Nice extension, but >unuseable. Why? It contains 'sort' and 'search' and these words are >already present in other extensions that I use every day.( reset, >search,sort,count,lower$,upper$,... are used in at least 3 >toolkits/extensions ... and they aren't compatible). >Why not adopt the approach used in 'ProWeSs' and 'ProForma', where all >the functions and procedures have meaingful names and all start with >'PW_' or 'PF_' ? How about someone being appointed as a name server. Anyone adding to QDOS/SMSQ for general release should register the name with one person. -- QBBS (QL fido BBS 2:252/67) +44(0)1442-828255 tony@<surname>.demon.co.uk http://www.firshman.demon.co.uk Voice: +44(0)1442-828254 Fax: +44(0)1442-828255 TF Services, 29 Longfield Road, TRING, Herts, HP23 4DG