Ah, that makes sense. Thanks!

  -- Chris

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> On Dec 8, 2015, at 1:09 PM, Max Howell <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> Chris, adding the C prefix is our recommendation so it is clear at the import 
> statement that the sources in question are using the raw C interface rather 
> than any “Swifty” wrapper.
> 
> We hope thus that the community will provide modules that add error handling, 
> default arguments, closures, etc. while (importantly) still maintaining the 
> general API of the C library in question and then name them without the C 
> prefix.
> 
> Here is our documentation with further justification:
> 
> https://github.com/apple/swift-package-manager/blob/master/Documentation/SystemModules.md
> 
>> On Dec 8, 2015, at 12:55 PM, Chris Hanson via swift-users 
>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>> 
>>> On Dec 7, 2015, at 7:40 PM, Gage Morgan via swift-users 
>>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> 
>>> 1) Map the cairo.h file to a system module named CCairo
>> 
>> Since Swift can natively call C APIs, I would recommend just using “Cairo” 
>> as the module name.
>> 
>> There’s no need to distinguish a module as being related to a C API.
>> 
>>   -- Chris
>> 
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