Re: [PATCH 00/13] gpiolib: add gpiods_set_array_value_cansleep

[Bartosz Golaszewski]

On Sat, Feb 1, 2025 at 5:09 PM David Lechner <dlechner@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On 2/1/25 4:36 AM, Bartosz Golaszewski wrote:
> >
> > This looks good to me except for one thing: the function prefix. I would
> > really appreciate it if we could stay within the existing gpiod_ namespace and
> > not add a new one in the form of gpiods_.
> >
> > Maybe: gpiod_multiple_set_ or gpiod_collected_set...?
> >
> > Bartosz
>
> I was waiting for someone to complain about the naming. ;-)
>
> I was going for as short as possible, but OK, the most obvious prefix to me
> would be `gpio_descs_...` (to match the first parameter). Any objections to
> that?
>

Yes, objection! As far as any exported interfaces go: in my book
"gpio_" is the prefix for legacy symbols we want to go away and
"gpiod_" is the prefix for current, descriptor-based API. Anything
else is a no-go. I prefer a longer name that starts with gpiod_ over
anything that's shorter but doesn't.

Bartosz