Re: A minor name improvement suggestion to Guile API

[Linas Vepstas]

2009/12/17 Ludovic Courtès <address@hidden>:
> Hi,
>
> Yi DAI <address@hidden> writes:
>
>> I'd like to suggest the following name convention which complies to names
>> commonly found in assembly languages.
>>
>>
>>    - Replace < (less than) with *_lt*.
>>    - Replace > (greater than) with *_gt*.
>
> Changing conventions would mean changing the API or maintaining function
> name aliases, and I don’t think it’s worth it.

well, the API is controlled by the scheme steering committee, and
a change would affect dozens of scheme implementations,
not just guile!  So this is an odd request.   And any novice
scheme programmer can create brand-new predicates of
any sort they wish, with any name desired, so I don't understand
this request at all.

--linas