# HG changeset patch # User Richard M. Stallman # Date 1157717119 0 # Node ID e32b692e4da51a4e32c6e38c46274316d6de00f1 # Parent 8c5e09c8076cbd18062dd3c72a5310c3956090f5 (Bindat Spec): Suggest names ending in -bindat-spec. diff -r 8c5e09c8076c -r e32b692e4da5 lispref/processes.texi --- a/lispref/processes.texi Fri Sep 08 12:02:54 2006 +0000 +++ b/lispref/processes.texi Fri Sep 08 12:05:19 2006 +0000 @@ -2099,7 +2099,9 @@ To control unpacking and packing, you write a @dfn{data layout specification}, a special nested list describing named and typed @dfn{fields}. This specification controls length of each field to be -processed, and how to pack or unpack it. +processed, and how to pack or unpack it. We normally keep bindat specs +in variables whose names end in @samp{-bindat-spec}; that kind of name +is automatically recognized as ``risky.'' @cindex endianness @cindex big endian