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RE: win32lib & global functions

• Posted by Andy Serpa <ac at onehorseshy.com> Oct 03, 2003
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Wolf wrote:
> 
> 
> > Same thing with all the functions in tk_trim.e -- trim(), compress(),
> > split(), etc. -- these are all functions I've already got that may or
> > may not do the same thing as those versions.  Win32lib is hogging all
> > the good function names!
> > Couldn't we call all these W32_trim(), W32_compress(), or some such
> > thing?
> So, why not rename all *your* custom functions accordingly:
> ... as_trim(), as_compress(), etc, ... or whatever ...
> ... or are you suggesting  _everyone_else_  should re-write all their
> existing code?

Are people including win32lib.e so they can use abs() or trim()?  I 
thought it was a Windows library.  It is better programming practice to 
use non-generic names, and any transition needed does not have to be 
painful.  A simple, optional alias file using the original names will do 
if people are using these functions in their own code and don't want to 
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