Re: code critique requested

[Sebastian Tennant]

Quoth Tim X <timx@nospam.dev.null>:
> jpw@pobox.com (John Paul Wallington) writes:
>
>> metaperl.com wrote:
>>
>>> (defvar *asciidoc-indent-level*
>>
>> Sticking asterisks around special variable names is a Common Lisp
>> affliction that isn't done in Emacs Lisp.
>
> From the emacs lisp reference ....
>
>    * In some other systems there is a convention of choosing variable
>      names that begin and end with `*'.  We don't use that convention
>      in Emacs Lisp, so please don't use it in your programs.  (Emacs
>      uses such names only for special-purpose buffers.)  

Can anyone expand on this?  When exactly should buffer names include or
not include asteri?

Sebastian