[Chicken-users] Open question on C binding style

[Kon Lovett]

Hi Folks,

Interested in some opinions.

1) When there is a one to one mapping between a Scheme variable/ 
constant & a C variable/macro-constant/constant/enum should the Scheme  
symbol naming mirror the C naming? Should the C  
'SOME_C_LIBRARY_MACCONST' identifier be mapped to the Scheme  
'SOME_C_LIBRARY_MACCONST', or some Scheme'ish 'some-c-library-macconst'?

By "one to one" above I mean the Scheme variable has the same "value"  
as the C variable. So there is only minimal conversion for arg & ret  
values, usually 'unfix' & 'fix'.

When a more sophisticated conversion of arg & ret then perhaps a  
Scheme'ish naming is better?

2) A C procedure binding name:  'some_c_func' -> 'foreign-some-c- 
func' , 'some_c_func', 'C_some_c_func'?

Of cource 'some_c_func' can be ambiguous & CamelCase names look  
strange and can also be ambiguous.

Best Wishes,
Kon