Return-Path: X-Original-To: apmail-corinthia-dev-archive@minotaur.apache.org Delivered-To: apmail-corinthia-dev-archive@minotaur.apache.org Received: from mail.apache.org (hermes.apache.org [140.211.11.3]) by minotaur.apache.org (Postfix) with SMTP id BF82E1093F for ; Thu, 19 Feb 2015 12:58:06 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 89046 invoked by uid 500); 19 Feb 2015 12:57:54 -0000 Delivered-To: apmail-corinthia-dev-archive@corinthia.apache.org Received: (qmail 89018 invoked by uid 500); 19 Feb 2015 12:57:54 -0000 Mailing-List: contact dev-help@corinthia.incubator.apache.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Post: List-Id: Reply-To: dev@corinthia.incubator.apache.org Delivered-To: mailing list dev@corinthia.incubator.apache.org Received: (qmail 89006 invoked by uid 99); 19 Feb 2015 12:57:54 -0000 Received: from athena.apache.org (HELO athena.apache.org) (140.211.11.136) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Thu, 19 Feb 2015 12:57:54 +0000 X-ASF-Spam-Status: No, hits=-1997.8 required=5.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,HTML_MESSAGE,T_RP_MATCHES_RCVD X-Spam-Check-By: apache.org Received: from [140.211.11.3] (HELO mail.apache.org) (140.211.11.3) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with SMTP; Thu, 19 Feb 2015 12:57:52 +0000 Received: (qmail 88948 invoked by uid 99); 19 Feb 2015 12:57:32 -0000 Received: from mail-relay.apache.org (HELO mail-relay.apache.org) (140.211.11.15) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Thu, 19 Feb 2015 12:57:32 +0000 Received: from [192.168.1.33] (unknown [202.44.228.49]) by mail-relay.apache.org (ASF Mail Server at mail-relay.apache.org) with ESMTPSA id B276D1A0292 for ; Thu, 19 Feb 2015 12:57:31 +0000 (UTC) From: Peter Kelly Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="Apple-Mail=_3BA728C7-0A73-4510-90F3-AA21DE83C1D9" Subject: The DF prefix Message-Id: <2CD6BBFB-E821-485C-B185-06593BA8DD33@apache.org> Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2015 19:57:23 +0700 To: dev@corinthia.incubator.apache.org Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 8.2 \(2081\)) X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.2081) X-Virus-Checked: Checked by ClamAV on apache.org --Apple-Mail=_3BA728C7-0A73-4510-90F3-AA21DE83C1D9 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 As you=E2=80=99re all aware, this is used pretty extensively throughout = the codebase. The reason I named all the core functions like this was to avoid name = clashes with other libraries, and with applications (e.g. for things = like substring, HashTable etc). However, if we can figure out the right compile-time options to control = symbol export, such that only public API functions are exposed to other = libraries or programs that use DocFormats, then these symbols will not = be seen, and there will be no chance of them clashing with names that = might be used by the application. What are your thoughts on this? Should the prefix go or stay? =E2=80=94 Dr Peter M. Kelly pmkelly@apache.org PGP key: http://www.kellypmk.net/pgp-key = (fingerprint 5435 6718 59F0 DD1F BFA0 5E46 2523 BAA1 44AE 2966) --Apple-Mail=_3BA728C7-0A73-4510-90F3-AA21DE83C1D9--