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Re: Suggestion for renamings


From: Ole Myren Rohne
Subject: Re: Suggestion for renamings
Date: 18 Jan 2001 15:29:31 +0100
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Dirk Herrmann <address@hidden> writes:

> I suggest the following renamings (i. e. deprecating the previous names):
> 
> SCM_MOST_POSITIVE_FIXNUM --> SCM_FIXNUM_MAX
> SCM_MOST_NEGATIVE_FIXNUM --> SCM_FIXNUM_MIN
> 'most-positive-fixnum    --> 'fixnum-max
> 'most-negative-fixnum    --> 'fixnum-min
> 
> These names fit better in the naming scheme that is used in limits.h. 

most-positive-fixnum and most-negative-fixnum fits perfectly with the
naming scheme used in Common Lisp. One could argue for keeping them
for consistency with other CL-isms like the logxxx-family.

Ole




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