Re: [NTG-pdftex] \pdfprimitive

Yes, that was the decision we took with e-TeX, and I do not think that with the benefit of hindsight the decision was a mistaken one. All you are doing by using a "pdf" prefix is /reducing/ the chances of a namespace clash, not eliminating the possibility. But I am not against the idea of a prefix per se; I am more concerned that the choice of "pdf" as the prefix for functionality that has nothing to do with PDF can only mislead the innocent user. ** Phil. -------- Martin Schröder wrote:

2007/4/6, Philip & Le Khanh :

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rather than just PDF primitives ... If this is the case, is there any chance of a better choice of name in a future release ?

Would you prefer a pdfTeX version that suddenly has a primitive \foo thus potentially breaking all documents already providing \foo ? :-)

Best Martin _______________________________________________ ntg-pdftex mailing list ntg-pdftex@ntg.nl http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-pdftex