> > (*) Unfortunately, they often use the POSIX-reserved "_t" namespace, > > but that's a different issue. > > I used to feel the same way, but other namespaces for types end up being > ugly. For example, I think vim uses "*_T".
Well. The *_t convention is used 20 times more frequently than the other conventions: 38303 *_t [1] 452 *_T [2] 601 *_type [3] 73 *_ty [4] - that is only GNU gettext 1407 other [5a][5b] Standards authors like to reserve certain identifiers for themselves. But in practice, inventing a good convention and then saying "quod licet Iovi, not licet bovi" doesn't work. Bruno [1] https://codesearch.debian.net/search?q=typedef+struct+%5Ba-zA-Z%5D.*_t%3B&literal=0 [2] https://codesearch.debian.net/search?q=typedef+struct+%5Ba-zA-Z%5D.*_T%3B&literal=0 [3] https://codesearch.debian.net/search?q=typedef+struct+%5Ba-zA-Z%5D.*_type%3B&literal=0 [4] https://codesearch.debian.net/search?q=typedef+struct+%5Ba-zA-Z%5D.*_ty%3B&literal=0 [5a] https://codesearch.debian.net/search?q=typedef+struct+%5Ba-zA-Z%5D.*%5Ba-zA-Z%5D%5Ba-zA-Z%5D%3B&literal=0 [5b] https://codesearch.debian.net/search?q=typedef+struct+%5Ba-zA-Z%5D.*_%5Ba-su-zA-SU-Z%5D%3B&literal=0
