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

[Paolo Carlini]

> >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.

... by the way, I had'nt conisdered this before myself, since even more often than
'nedit' I use 'emacs' and 'emacs' is sufficiently smart to choose the optimal
highlightning scheme on the basis of the *actual* content of the file not its
extension!

Cheers,
Paolo.