[Oberon] Re: Oberon digest, Vol 1 #44 - 7 msgs

[Charles Angelich]

>Message: 3
>Date: Tue, 13 Aug 2002 09:40:10 -0400
>From: "Douglas G. Danforth" <danforth at greenwoodfarm.com>
>Organization: Greenwood Farm Technologies
>To: oberon at inf.ethz.ch
>Subject: Re: [Oberon] reserved three letter prefix
>Reply-To: oberon at inf.ethz.ch

Hello Doug -

>The use of a module name prefix is used extensively by
>BlackBox where directories are used to organize files
>by prefix (I know this is the ETH Native mailing list
>but thought this discussion might be of interest to others).
>
>For example
>  EegConvexFilters.Mod
>is placed in the directory
>  Eeg
>which is under the root directory where BlackBox is installed.
>I initially found this a little strange but having worked with
>it find that it makes organization very natural and easy.
>
>The prefix is defined as the first transition from lowercase
>(or digit) to uppercase.
>
>>..requiring an online database to be certain no one has reserved
>> your first three letters.
>
>That is correct.  I have reserved Gft (at least I hope this is still
>resereved!) for any code that my company produces.

I realize this has probably already become an entanglement of existing
installs but this methodology could lead to thousands of directory
names with no way for a person like myself to have even a vague idea
what "Gft" refers to.

I would suggest that four letter prefix relevant only to the OS and it's
applications would be more useful and user-friendly than arbitrary
initials that mean nothing to me or any other computer user.



Charles Angelich

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