New coding conventions

From: David Abrahams (david.abrahams_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-04-30 13:26:27

I'm pretty happy with the way the new coding conventions are working out
in the files I've changed. To summarize:

names with dots in them are "intended globals". Ordinary globals use
a dot prefix:

.foobar
$(.foobar)

pseudofunctions or associations are <parameter>.<property>:

$(argument).name = hello ;
$($(argument).name)

class attribute names are prefixed with "self.":

self.x
$(self.x)

builtin rules are called via their ALL_UPPERCASE_NAMES:

DEPENDS $(target) : $(sources) ;

words in user rule definitions are separated-with-dashes:

rule call-me-ishmael ( ) ...

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