[Cryptography Team] Removing underscores

Robert Withers reefedjib at yahoo.com
Fri Oct 6 16:52:47 UTC 2006


On Oct 6, 2006, at 9:12 AM, Ron Teitelbaum wrote:

> Rob, how did you finally get it to work, or did underscores in  
> class names
> just work in windows?

A class name is just a symbol, so I just quoted it when defining the  
class.

Rob

>
> Ron
>
>> From: Bill Schwab
>> Sent: Friday, October 06, 2006 11:33 AM
>>
>> Ron,
>>
>> ==================
>> It would appear that there is a fix for underscores but apparently  
>> the
>> community at large does not support them.  So although I agree that
>> underscores in methods and class names *SHOULD* be supported, how  
>> does
>> the
>> team feel about removing them from our code?
>> ==================
>>
>> Do whatever you think is best.  If you want to play along with the  
>> group
>> to gain acceptance, so be it.  If you want to draw an underscore  
>> in the
>> sand, that's ok too (though we might lose the fight), I'll gladly  
>> add a
>> voice to the background noise.
>>
>> Squeak certainly should allow underscores in class names and  
>> selectors.
>> Your example (TLS_DHE_DSS_WITH_3DES_EDE_CBC_SHA) is extreme, but  
>> makes
>> the point beyond ANSI and inter-dialect compatibility.  The "it will
>> break old code" argument is weak IMHO - old code outside the image  
>> has
>> probably broken due to changes anyway, so the compiler errors are  
>> most
>> likely just the beginning.
>>
>> Bill
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Wilhelm K. Schwab, Ph.D.
>> University of Florida
>> Department of Anesthesiology
>> PO Box 100254
>> Gainesville, FL 32610-0254
>>
>> Email: bills at anest4.anest.ufl.edu
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>>
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