From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 16874 invoked by alias); 2 Aug 2011 08:53:19 -0000 Received: (qmail 16863 invoked by uid 22791); 2 Aug 2011 08:53:18 -0000 X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-0.1 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_40,RDNS_DYNAMIC,TVD_RCVD_IP X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from 195-14-0-142.nuxit.net (HELO de558.ispfr.net) (195.14.0.142) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.43rc1) with ESMTP; Tue, 02 Aug 2011 08:53:04 +0000 Received: from ours.starynkevitch.net ([213.41.244.95] helo=glinka.lesours) by de558.ispfr.net with smtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1QoAij-0008Uz-Bn; Tue, 02 Aug 2011 10:53:01 +0200 Date: Tue, 02 Aug 2011 08:53:00 -0000 From: Basile Starynkevitch To: gcc-melt@googlegroups.com Cc: Romain Geissler , gcc-patches@gcc.gnu.org, Pierre Vittet Subject: Re: [GCC-MELT-137] Re: [MELT] split_string_* functions now take a value Message-Id: <20110802105259.d0daf16c041cca332ddca288@starynkevitch.net> In-Reply-To: References: <20110802103647.a4a0e286a81deb85ce6e77d3@starynkevitch.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact gcc-patches-help@gcc.gnu.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: Sender: gcc-patches-owner@gcc.gnu.org X-SW-Source: 2011-08/txt/msg00119.txt.bz2 On Tue, 2 Aug 2011 10:46:38 +0200 Romain Geissler wrote: > 2011/8/2 Basile Starynkevitch : > > Please use capitals for macrovariables in > > macrostrings > > Ok. > > Can i have more details about that: is it just a Melt convention or is > it an implementation requirement (in other word, does melt awaits > macrovariables to be upper case ?) Just a coding (social) convention. Macrovariables are very important, and my editor (emacs) and mode (lisp-mode) don't highlight them. Since macrovariables are really MELT symbols, their case don't matter (the MELT reader force them to upper cases). But they are more human-readable in upper cases. Cheers. -- Basile STARYNKEVITCH http://starynkevitch.net/Basile/ email: basilestarynkevitchnet mobile: +33 6 8501 2359 8, rue de la Faiencerie, 92340 Bourg La Reine, France *** opinions {are only mine, sont seulement les miennes} ***