220 31927 article Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Richard Smith Newsgroups: gmane.comp.lang.c++.isocpp.proposals Subject: Re: This variable should not be named: an identifier (not) to remember Date: Sun, 2 Apr 2017 12:28:31 -0700 Lines: 115 Approved: news@gmane.org Message-ID: References: <985b9b2a-c734-45eb-95f4-db4dc0d309a1@isocpp.org> <1491170458.9U0G8TLsOk@tjmaciei-mobl1> Reply-To: std-proposals@isocpp.org NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=001a114b43668063b9054c340d9b X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1491161340 4818 195.159.176.226 (2 Apr 2017 19:29:00 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 2 Apr 2017 19:29:00 +0000 (UTC) To: "std-proposals@isocpp.org" Original-X-From: std-proposals+bncBDVNBJG4YAIBB5NBQXDQKGQELUGT5XQ@isocpp.org Sun Apr 02 21:28:54 2017 Return-path: Envelope-to: gclcip-std-proposals@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from mail-lf0-f72.google.com ([209.85.215.72]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1culBA-0008SE-7e for gclcip-std-proposals@m.gmane.org; Sun, 02 Apr 2017 21:28:48 +0200 Original-Received: by mail-lf0-f72.google.com with SMTP id h89sf24202103lfi.6 for ; Sun, 02 Apr 2017 12:28:54 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:from :date:message-id:subject:to:x-original-sender :x-original-authentication-results:reply-to:precedence:mailing-list :list-id:x-spam-checked-in-group:list-post:list-help:list-archive :list-subscribe:list-unsubscribe; bh=WkvCndfrrQfyEmwBX/TEf0fpzCtxF1VUOzKHF03R8Xc=; b=qWCO5BQxFotNV1nt2TWXparoQP3LgTyc/wLfYpLiop8IGkgHtPsmeeAT/tmGKrEtfS ryzVErLKr97bIGa4vF3BV3zN2dc+4Ybt94evC+ghGaHLpv5TtKzCgBCyVpakmpRIcNgi bZMINteJAYnvsPv5kjEamiupOYQCZxpn7RWVJTLZVkveP/r/LV2zfT1mMoFwCNySHBDd ufZRC7inSV6S+JvIXE8GQPl1Hq4cR+Mq4/UlwgKxWa9s+uxdkTqh25uJo81JDSWRX1ZM TllpBW1V8/2TlYtPQ5w7Vy8/QF/3Lmjgj8vDoCkTzCjixh/HHsi/V5AyjDkYh5AmenuJ f93g== X-Gm-Message-State: AFeK/H0zflBGD1uVcrK0Mks8xW3+DGBxuw6HZfKfw4Felo1J6BCs9av+bpfrY2r0piTvcQ== X-Received: by 10.46.87.14 with SMTP id l14mr228627ljb.1.1491161334324; Sun, 02 Apr 2017 12:28:54 -0700 (PDT) X-BeenThere: std-proposals@isocpp.org Original-Received: by 10.28.63.144 with SMTP id m138ls115647wma.27.canary-gmail; Sun, 02 Apr 2017 12:28:52 -0700 (PDT) X-Received: by 10.28.196.68 with SMTP id u65mr6909590wmf.8.1491161332723; Sun, 02 Apr 2017 12:28:52 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: from mail-wr0-x243.google.com (mail-wr0-x243.google.com. [2a00:1450:400c:c0c::243]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id u95si16923974wrc.221.2017.04.02.12.28.52 for (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Sun, 02 Apr 2017 12:28:52 -0700 (PDT) Received-SPF: pass (google.com: domain of metafoo@gmail.com designates 2a00:1450:400c:c0c::243 as permitted sender) client-ip=2a00:1450:400c:c0c::243; Original-Received: by mail-wr0-x243.google.com with SMTP id p52so28316589wrc.2 for ; Sun, 02 Apr 2017 12:28:52 -0700 (PDT) X-Received: by 10.28.148.195 with SMTP id w186mr6597932wmd.35.1491161332076; Sun, 02 Apr 2017 12:28:52 -0700 (PDT) Original-Sender: metafoo@gmail.com Original-Received: by 10.80.148.82 with HTTP; Sun, 2 Apr 2017 12:28:31 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <1491170458.9U0G8TLsOk@tjmaciei-mobl1> X-Original-Sender: richard@metafoo.co.uk X-Original-Authentication-Results: mx.google.com; dkim=pass header.i=@gmail.com; spf=pass (google.com: domain of metafoo@gmail.com designates 2a00:1450:400c:c0c::243 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=metafoo@gmail.com Precedence: list Mailing-list: list std-proposals@isocpp.org; contact std-proposals+owners@isocpp.org List-ID: X-Google-Group-Id: 399137483710 List-Post: , List-Help: , List-Archive: List-Subscribe: , List-Unsubscribe: , Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.comp.lang.c++.isocpp.proposals:31927 Archived-At: --001a114b43668063b9054c340d9b Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 2 April 2017 at 11:03, Thiago Macieira wrote: > On s=C3=A1bado, 1 de abril de 2017 21:19:37 PDT Richard Smith wrote: > > Have you considered that possibility? It would give a better name (_ > rather > > than __) and avoid "breaking" existing code that uses __. > > _ is not reserved to the compiler and is VERY often #defined to gettext. > Only as a function-like macro. Let's use __. Let's use the thing that works best for C++, sure. I am not (yet) convinced that's __. > At least we can point to V8 developers and tell them it's their > own fault. > > -- > Thiago Macieira - thiago (AT) macieira.info - thiago (AT) kde.org > Software Architect - Intel Open Source Technology Center > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "ISO C++ Standard - Future Proposals" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to std-proposals+unsubscribe@isocpp.org. > To post to this group, send email to std-proposals@isocpp.org. > To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/a/ > isocpp.org/d/msgid/std-proposals/1491170458.9U0G8TLsOk%40tjmaciei-mobl1. > --=20 You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "= ISO C++ Standard - Future Proposals" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an e= mail to std-proposals+unsubscribe@isocpp.org. 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On 2= April 2017 at 11:03, Thiago Macieira <thiago@macieira.org> wrote:
On s=C3=A1bado,= 1 de abril de 2017 21:19:37 PDT Richard Smith wrote:
> Have you considered that possibility? It would give a better name (_ r= ather
> than __) and avoid "breaking" existing code that uses __.
_ is not reserved to the compiler and is VERY often #defined to gett= ext.

Only as a function-like macro.

Let's use __.

Let's use the thing t= hat works best for C++, sure. I am not (yet) convinced that's __.
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At least we can point to V8= developers and tell them it's their
own fault.

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