[racket-dev] current-*-port

Oh, man. Now I wish that Emacs temporary files didn't end with ~
(because seeing that makes me want to delete it....) otherwise, I love
this idea for a naming convention for parameters. (To fit in with
other naming conventions, we should probably use a suffix, tho, and
"@", "^", "%", and "<%>" have all been taken.)

Robby

On Mon, May 7, 2012 at 9:54 AM, Marijn <hkBst at gentoo.org> wrote:
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> On 04-05-12 05:03, Neil Van Dyke wrote:
>> Matthias Felleisen wrote at 05/03/2012 10:57 PM:
>>> I don't think Eli is proposing an elimination of the old names
>>> but supplementing the code base with new ones.
>>>
>>> I am in favor -- Matthias
>>
>> Would be good to have a shorter naming convention for all
>> parameters. The "current-" prefix is not short, but it's what I've
>> been using when coding new parameters, because that's the
>> convention.
>
> How about prefixing a tilda (~) instead of "current-"? It looks like a
> current ;P and also like a snake (parameters could be thought to
> ``snake'' through the code). Alternatively the at-sign (@) to
> represent currentness. To make them stand out more (if that is
> desirable) the same symbol could be postfixed as well. In conclusion,
> some options are:
>
> ~error-port
> @error-port
> ~error-port~
> @error-port@
>
> Just some random thoughts,
>
> Marijn
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