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Okay, I *really* may have missed something.... Do you mean this: /* Allow us to refer to _Perl_foo() as just foo() inside */ #define _Perl_foo foo or this: /* We're foo(), other folks can call us _Perl_foo() */ #define foo _Perl_foo The second is what I read from your list, although the first seems like more what you're talking about. > > > *) All exported perl functions and functionlike things have a Perl_ > > > prefix *) All exported data and dataish thigns have a PL_ prefix > > > *) All private routines have #defines to give them a _Perl_ prefix > > > *) All private data have #defines to give them a _PL_ prefix > > > *) Internal data and functions get referenced via the unqualified names > > > > > > That way the internals can use the utility function str_to_UTF(), while > > > the world would see it (or, rather, not see it) as _Perl_str_to_UTF(). > > > Less typing for private things, and more for the much smaller (and > > > probably not used internally) set of public functions. > -- Bryan C. Warnock bwarnock@capita.comThread Previous | Thread Next