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.