ext/ names (was: re:[PATCH] HP/SGI extensions to...)

[Gabriel Dos Reis]

"jon [tm]" <cow@compsoc.man.ac.uk> writes:

[...]

| >From a lowly user's point of view, I prefer suffixed headers, if only
| because a number of editors I use won't automatically do syntax
| highlighting on a file without a suffix, so if I open up ext/memory to
| see what extensions are available, or check the prototype for a function
| (usually quicker than referring to the docs if it's just a check) then my
| editor won't highlight it.

Then, what you need is not a suffxed file but a documentation of the
available features.  

Looking into the implementations isn't something we promote, and I
don't think we should do so.

-- Gaby