[plt-dev] Re: request not to use all-caps identifiers

Jay McCarthy <jay.mccarthy at gmail.com>
writes:

> As the originator of the variable, I have to say I'm not terribly
> bothered by all caps used sparingly.
>
> I use caps (only this once as far as I know) to signify: wacky
> constant coming up.
>
> My use doesn't have anything to do with Java. (I've never written a
> Java program longer than 10 lines.) It is more likely to have
> something to do with C.
>
> If I wanted to be a pain, I could say I'm going back to our roots when
> everything was in caps. (Whenever I look at books that present Scheme
> in all caps it is soooo disturbing. Blech.)

The emacs commands downcase-lisp-region (and upcase-lisp-region) may be
useful here.

http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.lisp/msg/083872a563ef8413?hl=en&dmode=source

-- 
__Pascal Bourguignon__