Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 8/1/84; site scc.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxl!ihnp4!zehntel!hplabs!pesnta!scc!steiny From: steiny@scc.UUCP (Don Steiny) Newsgroups: net.unix-wizards Subject: Re: long vs. short names Message-ID: <120@scc.UUCP> Date: Tue, 21-Aug-84 15:41:55 EDT Article-I.D.: scc.120 Posted: Tue Aug 21 15:41:55 1984 Date-Received: Thu, 23-Aug-84 00:58:52 EDT References: <740@druky.UUCP> Organization: Santa Cruz Computer, Aptos, Calif. Lines: 23 *** > instead of doggoneid1 being confused with > doggoneid2 in a truncating compiler, if you declare them > like this: 1doggoneid and > 2doggoneid, ie, make the unique part first instead of last, > then you have portable long ids. see any holes kids? ernie harkins A tiny hole, you may not start identifiers with numbers. Try: _1doggoneid _2doggoneid Or some such thing. Don Steiny Personetics 109 Torrey Pine Terr. Santa Cruz, Calif. 95060 (408) 425-0382 ihnp4!pesnta -\ fortune!idsvax -> scc!steiny ucbvax!twg -/