[Cryptography Team] Removing underscores

[Ron Teitelbaum]

What's your opinion about removing them from our code?

Ron

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Robert Withers [mailto:reefedjib at yahoo.com]
> Sent: Friday, October 06, 2006 12:53 PM
> To: Ron at USMedRec.com; Cryptography Team Development List
> Subject: Re: [Cryptography Team] Removing underscores
> 
> 
> 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
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> >> Gainesville, FL 32610-0254
> >>
> >> Email: bills at anest4.anest.ufl.edu
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> >>
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