libmsrpc function naming

Chris Nicholls cnicholl at uoguelph.ca
Thu Jul 21 19:22:40 GMT 2005


Jeremy Allison wrote:

>On Thu, Jul 21, 2005 at 02:07:05PM -0500, Gerald (Jerry) Carter wrote:
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>>Chris Nicholls wrote:
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>>>Hey,
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>>>Any preference as to how the function names are prefixed?
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>>>Although the library is libmsrpc, i kinda don't like 
>>>having ms in every function name ;) (ie msrpc_some_fn() ). But
>>>it probably makes the most sense to name them that way.
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>>I really don't like having ms in the name either.  msrpc is
>>a little long and hard to type.  We could follow the smbc_XX()
>>convention and choose rpcc_XX() bhut that looks like a typo.
>>maybe cmc_XX() for "CIFS management client" or cac_XX() for
>>"CIFS Admistration Client).  Could also be Chris' Administration
>>client.  Or Hey!  cral_XX() for Chris' remote administration library?
>>:-)
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>scrap_XX() (Simple Cifs Remote Administration Protocol). Even has
>"simple" in the name so it's on the fast track for IETF standards !
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could go with crap_XX().. it would at least be enjoyable for frustrated 
developers :)




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