[Oberon] Identifiers and Capitalization

August Karlstrom fusionfive at comhem.se
Mon Mar 13 02:14:42 CET 2006


jan verhoeven wrote:
> Op Monday 13 March 2006 02:03 schreef August Karlstrom:
>  > jan verhoeven wrote:
>  > > Op Monday 13 March 2006 00:40 schreef August Karlstrom:
>  > >  > Hi everyone,
>  > >  >
>  > >  > According to the recommended naming conventions at
>  > >  >
>  > >  >     http://www.oberon.ethz.ch/faqlang.html#name
>  > >  >
>  > >  > variables and constants should begin with a lower case letter. When
>  > >  > I look at the module interfaces in the basic system at
>  > >  >
>  > >  >     http://www.oberon.ethz.ch/ethoberon/defs/
>  > >  >
>  > >  > the choice between starting an constant/variable/record
>  > >  > field/formal parameter with lower or upper case seems to be more or
>  > >  > less random. Am I missing something?
>  > >
>  > > 'Recommended' means that you still have a choice.
>  >
>  > Even if a library doesn't follow a particular recommended style it's
>  > usually internally consistent.

...but the standard module interfaces are not even internally consistent!

> Yes! You understand!


August


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