Re: what does a number of "_" mean?

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On Mon, 2003-11-03 at 16:29, Jan Hudec wrote:

> Actualy it's the other way around. _ functions are usualy purely
> internal. __ functions are usualy "raw" variants.

I don't know what you mean by "functions are usualy purely internal".

By calling a function "internal", I mean it is not usually invoked
directly but by some other face.  That is, its use is internal to some
other function.  I suppose a synonym would be "helper" or "not intended
for direct use".  But, of course, in the kernel there are no such hard
rules. 

	Robert Love


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