RE: naming Textual Conventions

[Jeff Parker <jparker@axiowave.com>]

> Tom> I was surprised recently to find SnmpPduErrorStatus in the
> Tom> Schedule MIB or FailureReason in the Event MIB?  I would never
> Tom> have guessed such names would appear in those places from the
> Tom> initial character string!
> 
> I am not sure why you are surprised. The names are unique (looking at
> all IETF MIBs) as far as I can tell. ;-)
> 
> Juergen Schoenwaelder    

I though this was a plea for the kind of name-space isolation that
is used whenever people combine diverse software offerings.

	If the scope of the symbol extends outside the module, 
	preface the symbol with a unique ID.

It isn't pretty, but it is a convention that is easy to use and
explain.    

- jeff parker