Re: Scheme function names

[David Zelinsky]

David Zelinsky <dzpost@dedekind.net> writes:

> David Kastrup <dak@gnu.org> writes:
>
>> David Zelinsky <dzpost@dedekind.net> writes:
>>
>>> I'm trying get some facility with Scheme in Lilypond.  One thing I
>>> haven't found in the manual is an explanation of naming conventions for
>>> built-in scheme functions.  Specifically, why do some of them have names
>>> starting with "ly:" and others don't?  Can someone explain this, and/or
>>> point me to where in the manual it is explained?
>>
>> Historically, functions defined in C++ have a prefix of ly: .  It's not
>> really a distinction valuable to the user, and it is no longer
>> unilaterally the case.
>
> Thanks, good to know!
>
> I'd suggest putting a remark such as what you said at the top of the
> Scheme Functions page (.../Documentation/internals/scheme-functions).
> Otherwise it's pretty confusing to newbies.

Oh, maybe never mind.  It looks like it's just the development branch
(2.23) where that page has a mix of ly: and non-ly: functions.  In 2.22
it only lists ly: functions.  Maybe it's ok for newbies to be confused
in the devel branch :)

-David