Re: shall we rename X-offset (and similar) to lowercase?

[Werner LEMBERG]

> We have in C++ macros X Y LEFT RIGHT etc, and making them lowercase
> would heavily conflict with typical variable names.

Yes: cpp stuff should be uppercase.

> Making things different between C and Scheme here is definitely an
> option.

I think the same: we already substitute `-' in Scheme with `_' in C++,
so I think it should be straightforward to do the same for `LEFT' and
friends.

> Still, I doubt that we would be doing programmers a net favor over
> the current names.  I am not particularly enamored to them, but I
> don't see an exit strategy with reasonable long-term benefits
> either.

My concern is the user side only since we don't want to make the cpp
stuff visible.


    Werner