On 12/16/2009 2:36 PM, Jesse Phillips wrote: > __ indicates proprietary language extension > __ we don't want you using this much (__gshared) > __ this way we aren't adding a keyword to the standard namespace (__traits) > > At least those have been the reasons I've heard. This makes __ absolutely > meaningless and good at making things ugly.
That’s actually the best reason: “__” makes things ugly, so the community is moved to find a cleaner way to express what these identifiers signify. —Joel Salomon
