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(Bindat Spec): Suggest names ending in -bindat-spec.
author Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
date Fri, 08 Sep 2006 12:05:19 +0000
parents 8c5e09c8076c
children 63d522f27621
files lispref/processes.texi
diffstat 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) [+]
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--- 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