Naming the modules; Mailing lists

Georg Fuellen fuellen@dali.Mathematik.Uni-Bielefeld.DE
Fri, 28 Feb 1997 12:29:23 +0000 (GMT)


> To keep this whole discussion from lingering forever, I suggest the
> following:
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> ==========
>   Currently, loc and name must both be set as text, and must consist
> entirely of a string matching the regexp /^[A-Za-z]\w*$/.  That is, they
> must be a single "word" of at least one character, without a leading
> underscore.
> 
>   This restriction is not enforced, but code which deviates is subject to
> break in future releases.  Note also that the object may place any other
> sort of items in the name string, so users of this hash should not rely on
> accessing entries conforming the requirements above.  
> ==========

Very good, this solves our problem, thanks  a lot  !!!!!

best wishes,
georg

> Basically, this allows us to put in references and _internal text tags and
> values, without worrying about clashes.
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