Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 07 Oct 2002 08:16:02 -0700 | From | george anzinger <> | Subject | Re: [RFC] namespace clean |
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Eduardo Pérez wrote: > > Currently the Linux kernel has a cryptic api namespace that confuses > many people when trying to code for the Linux kernel. People can't know > by direct examination of a symbol to what package belongs. Also symbols > can't be easily sorted by package. > > I'm suggesting to use a cleaner namespace like > package_object_method and package_function > If this is accepted, symbols from new code should follow this > naming, and current symbols should start the transition to this cleaner > namespace. > > If anybody like me think that this would help people to code for the > Linux kernel it would be a good idea to start this transition to a > cleaner namespace. > > Most drivers and new core kernel api have a very clean namespace but > some old api don't. > > What are your thoughts about this ?
Then if it is a static symbol, one could use anything? I.e. static symbols would not follow the rule, right? -- George Anzinger george@mvista.com High-res-timers: http://sourceforge.net/projects/high-res-timers/ Preemption patch: http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/rml - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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