On Tue, Oct 09, 2012 at 08:59:47AM +0300, Tor Lillqvist wrote: > Where did this lcl_ convention come from?
http://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/Writer_Code_Conventions#free_functions_and_methods > The lcl_ prefix has no meaning to a compiler or linker. If the intent is to > make such functions file-local, why not use the static keyword, or an > anonymous namespace instead, so that they actually *are* local also to the > tool-chain? (You can still keep the lcl_ prefix if you love it.) Yes, those functions should be anonymous and static. When I write that page above back in the days, I was just documenting what was there (hoping it would improve consistancy), in this case I am not finding that convention to have a deep purpose(*), though it might help some for tools like simple code-completion or doxygen-style docs ... Best, Bjoern (*) So its mostly: "any color you like as long as it's black". _______________________________________________ LibreOffice mailing list [email protected] http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/libreoffice
