[drupal-devel] CCK Nomenclature

[Jonathan Chaffer]

On Feb 27, 2005, at 1:04 PM, Gabor Hojtsy wrote:

>>>>> Suppose node.module handles all of the content types defined by 
>>>>> node modules as today, and a new module is added that handles the 
>>>>> administrator-defined content types. What should that module be 
>>>>> called?
>>>> I like the name 'content.module' or 'content-builder.module'..
>>> Note that it is not possible to have a dash in a module name, since 
>>> the module name should be included in the function names, and PHP 
>>> does not allow for a dash to be in the function name. This is why 
>>> quite a few modules use underscore.
>> Well, I know we have some guidelines about that.. But imo i think 
>> 'content-builder.module' is way much better than 
>> 'content_builder.module'.. Inside the code we should prefix the 
>> function offcourse with the '_' form, but in the filename we should 
>> use '-'.. it's nicer and reads easier for non-coders..
>
> We need a patch which converts dashes to underscores for function 
> names then.

But even underscores have namespace issues, which has been noted 
before. A module called foo_bar.module and a module called foo.module 
can easily have functions with the same names.