eieio: Naming Conventions
17 Naming Conventions
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Tips and Conventions (elisp)Tips, for a description of Emacs Lisp
programming conventions. These conventions help ensure that Emacs
packages work nicely one another, so an EIEIO-based program should
follow them. Here are some conventions that apply specifically to
EIEIO-based programs:
• Come up with a package prefix that is relatively short. Prefix all
classes, and methods with your prefix. This is a standard
convention for functions and variables in Emacs.
• Do not prefix method names with the class name. All methods in
EIEIO are “virtual”, and are dynamically dispatched. Anyone can
override your methods at any time. Your methods should be prefixed
with your package name.
• Do not prefix slots in your class. The slots are always locally
scoped to your class, and need no prefixing.
• If your library inherits from other libraries of classes, you must
“require” that library with the ‘require’ command.
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