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[Emacs-diffs] Changes to emacs/lispref/tips.texi
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Richard M. Stallman |
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[Emacs-diffs] Changes to emacs/lispref/tips.texi |
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Tue, 18 Apr 2006 21:10:14 +0000 |
Index: emacs/lispref/tips.texi
diff -u emacs/lispref/tips.texi:1.77 emacs/lispref/tips.texi:1.78
--- emacs/lispref/tips.texi:1.77 Mon Mar 20 01:33:19 2006
+++ emacs/lispref/tips.texi Tue Apr 18 21:10:14 2006
@@ -56,9 +56,13 @@
benefits of a Common Lisp-style package system are considered not to
outweigh the costs.} Then take care to begin the names of all global
variables, constants, and functions in your program with the chosen
-prefix. This helps avoid name conflicts. (Occasionally, for a command
-name intended for users to use, it is cleaner if some words come
-before the package name prefix.)
+prefix. This helps avoid name conflicts.
+
+Occasionally, for a command name intended for users to use, it is more
+convenient if some words come before the package's name prefix. And
+constructs that define functions, variables, etc., work better if they
+start with @samp{defun} or @samp{defvar}, so put the name prefix later
+on in the name.
This recommendation applies even to names for traditional Lisp
primitives that are not primitives in Emacs Lisp---such as
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