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> about the disconnect between the names in the C API and the Rust API, which means that developers cannot look at the C code and know what the equivalent Rust
by brodouevencode 2y ago
> about the disconnect between the names in the C API and the Rust API, which means that developers cannot look at the C code and know what the equivalent Rust call would be
Ah, the struggle of legacy naming conventions. I've had success in keeping the same name but when I wanted an alternative name I would just wrap the old name with the new name.
But yeah, naming things is hard.
- adastra22 2y agoOne of the two major problems in computer science (the other two being concurrency and off-by-one errors).