Naming conventions for derive-deftly expansions
Here we discuss some naming conventions used in the naming of derive-deftly expansions.
Many derive-deftly expansions' names start with a single letter to indicate what information they use:
t
for top-level (thestruct
,enum
, orunion
you are applying the template to),v
for variant (a variant of anenum
),- or
f
for field (a single field of a struct or variant).
For example, there is $ttype
for "top-level type" and $fname
for
"field name".
(We say "top-level" instead of "struct", since the "top-level" part of a declaration can also be an enum or a union.)
Many derive-deftly expansions end with
a short identifier for what they contain.
For example, $tname
is the name of a top-level type,
$vname
is the name of a variant,
and $fname
is the name of a field.
Whenever possible (and logical), we have tried to use the same
identifier for the t
, v
, and f
cases.