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		wruza on April 16, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Plain C API design, the real world Kobayashi Maru ... This is purely cosmetic and doesn’t save you anything. Also, Cairo API (and most C APIs in general) already use <lib>_<class>_<method> naming scheme. E.g. cairo_svg_surface_create(), gtk_container_get_children().

zabzonk on April 16, 2023 | [–]

it is not cosmetic or a naming scheme - the language and compiler enforce it.

morelisp on April 16, 2023 | | [–]

None of the concerns are about the name.

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