Hi Simen! (comments in between)
On 07.07.20 13:05, Simen Endsjø wrote: > > Hi, I'm quite new to scheme/lisp and haven't coded in a dynamic > language in many > years. I notice there are some naming conventions, but I'm not sure > how they are > used/supposed to be used. > > - *symbol* :: ? Global scope variable? > - SYMBOL :: ? Also global scope variable? > - %symbol :: ? private function? > - %symbol% :: ? private variable? I have seen the % being used for objects. For example in the Racket docs for its GUI library: https://docs.racket-lang.org/gui/windowing-overview.html#%28part._.Creating_.Windows%29 I am not sure, whether this is a Racket-only thing. > - symbol* :: ? extended version of function with same name? > - symbol? :: predicate function returning bool > - symbol! :: Non-pure/mutating function?- <<symbol>> :: ? > - <symbol> :: ? As a macro parameter, and symbol will be defined in > parent scope..? > - <<symbol>> :: ? > - type1->type2 :: convertion from type1 to type2 > > What does all of these mean? Are some of them > anti-patterns/deprecated? Are there others? > > I also see functions named type-operation and operation-type. Is one > preferable to the other? Regards, Zelphir -- repositories: https://notabug.org/ZelphirKaltstahl
