Dan Sugalski wrote on 4/11/01 13.38:
>At 03:09 PM 4/11/2001
>-0400, John Siracusa wrote:
>>On 4/11/01 10:55 AM, Dan
>Sugalski wrote:
>> > It does fix the link issues,
>though. perl6.so won't ever
>have an
>> > unqualified function in
>it--they'll all have either a
>Perl_ or _Perl_
>> > prefix on them, and all
>global data will have a PL_
>prefix on it.
>>
>>Remind me again why it's
>PL_ and not PERL_?
>
>Well, Perl_ and PERL_ won't
>work, since that's relying on
>case-sensitivity in the
>various linkers, which is a Bad
>Thing.
Why don't we just say, "Variables and functions will NOT have the same
post-prefix name"? Having Perl_foo and PL_foo is a bit confusing anyway. I
like Perl_foo and PERL_foo--it makes it very clear what things are while
making sure we keep our own little 'namespace'.
--Brent Dax
Excuse typos, it's hahd to write on a Palm...
