On Tue, May 23, 2006 at 08:48:39AM -0400, John Cowan wrote: > > Suggest prefixing exported identifiers w/ 'fp'. There is an > > unreleased egg, fpfz, with related contents I could add. > > Since these names are very commonplace, being used in C and other > Schemes as well as other languages, I think this is unnecessary. > Why have sin but fpsinh, log but fplog10? Sinh and log10 do the job.
Hopefully the R6 module system will make discussions like this superfluous. A prefix should be determined by the user, not the author. Regards, Peter -- http://sjamaan.ath.cx -- "The process of preparing programs for a digital computer is especially attractive, not only because it can be economically and scientifically rewarding, but also because it can be an aesthetic experience much like composing poetry or music." -- Donald Knuth
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