Re: Putting version information, description, copright into modules

[Peter Aronoff <telemachus@...>]

Daurnimator <quae@daurnimator.com> wrote:
> The other thing to note is that fields starting with '_' are customarily
> reserved. From http://www.lua.org/manual/5.3/manual.html#3.1:
> "As a convention, programs should avoid creating names that start with an
> underscore followed by one or more uppercase letters (such as _VERSION)."

This has come up more than once in this thread, so here's a question:

	Do people think that variables of this kind are a bad idea even
	when they're namespaced under the exported module's table?

	That is, I use names *exactly* like _VERSION, but not in the
	toplevel environment. Does this still violate the spirit of the
	manual's injunction or is it fine?

Discuss.
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