Re: underscores in gnulib file names

[Bruno Haible]

Hi Paul,

> RMS writes:
> 
> > Our convention is to use dashes, not underscores.
> > The names getopt_.h and getopt_int.h don't follow
> > this convention.

Where does this "convention" come from? It's the first time I hear about
such a bizarre requirement.

POSIX does not specify the existence of an include file with a dash, but
does specify that an include file with an underscore must exist: <nl_types.h>.

The glibc sources contain more files with an underscore (3288) than files
with a dash (2270).

If I understand it well, RMS is talking as a gnulib user here. gnulib is
dedicated to serve its users, but there are reasonable requests and less
reasonable ones.

Bruno