Re: [PATCH 00/13] gpiolib: add gpiods_set_array_value_cansleep

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On 2/1/25 10:14 AM, Bartosz Golaszewski wrote:
> On Sat, Feb 1, 2025 at 5:09 PM David Lechner <dlechner@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> On 2/1/25 4:36 AM, Bartosz Golaszewski wrote:
>>>
>>> This looks good to me except for one thing: the function prefix. I would
>>> really appreciate it if we could stay within the existing gpiod_ namespace and
>>> not add a new one in the form of gpiods_.
>>>
>>> Maybe: gpiod_multiple_set_ or gpiod_collected_set...?
>>>
>>> Bartosz
>>
>> I was waiting for someone to complain about the naming. ;-)
>>
>> I was going for as short as possible, but OK, the most obvious prefix to me
>> would be `gpio_descs_...` (to match the first parameter). Any objections to
>> that?
>>
> 
> Yes, objection! As far as any exported interfaces go: in my book
> "gpio_" is the prefix for legacy symbols we want to go away and
> "gpiod_" is the prefix for current, descriptor-based API. Anything
> else is a no-go. I prefer a longer name that starts with gpiod_ over
> anything that's shorter but doesn't.
> 
> Bartosz

Oops, that was a typo. I meant to write gpiod_descs_.




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