I agree with Shovon's sentiments. What about placing the built-in names
inside ONE reserved "class" variable, e.g. $Reserved.Form,
$Reserved.Session, $Reserved.xxx
I realize this may break existing apps, but it's just a thought ;-)
Frank Conradie
Opticode Software, South Africa
----- Original Message -----
From: Moshiul Shovon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Turbine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Saturday, May 20, 2000 10:03 PM
Subject: Re: Naming convention in webmacro context
> I will be glad to help in documentation.
>
> I read the readme.txt file as you mentioned. It
> specifies that certain variables are reserved. Now, my
> original question remains: do these reserve words
> follow a naming rule?
>
> For an example, if all the reserved words started with
> an underscore or another specific letter, we could
> start avoiding naming our own variables in that
> fashion. This way future reserved words won't collide
> with your own (existing) variables.
>
> Thanks ...
>
> -shovon-
>
>
>
>
> --- jon * <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > on 5/19/2000 10:03 PM, Moshiul Shovon
> > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > > A possible solution would be to make a rule on how
> > I
> > > may name my variables and/or how the core system
> > may
> > > name the variables.
> >
> > we have started to document things in the README.txt
> > document in the
> > examples/webmacro/ directory. this should eventually
> > be moved to some real
> > documentation.
> >
> > since you are just learning how to use this stuff,
> > it would be great if you
> > would be willing to help document stuff as you go
> > along. we need more people
> > doing documentation!
> >
> > thanks,
> >
> > -jon
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