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diff --git a/docs/devel/style.rst b/docs/devel/style.rst index 4f770002a7..793a8d4280 100644 --- a/docs/devel/style.rst +++ b/docs/devel/style.rst @@ -151,6 +151,12 @@ If there are two versions of a function to be called with or without a lock held, the function that expects the lock to be already held usually uses the suffix ``_locked``. +If a function is a shim designed to deal with compatibility +workarounds we use the suffix ``_compat``. These are generally not +called directly and aliased to the plain function name via the +pre-processor. Another common suffix is ``_impl``; it is used for the +concrete implementation of a function that will not be called +directly, but rather through a macro or an inline function. Block structure =============== |