Glossary (function and variable names convention)

fml4

fml4 series

fml8

fml8 series

fml-devel

current development version on the way to fml8 in the future.

same as fml8 now.

curproc

abbrebiation of "current process".

Typical abbrebiation form used in UNIX kernel.

PCB

Process Control Block.

Typical abbrebiation form used in UNIX kernel.

config

configuration.

conf

configuration.

arg / args

argument / arguments.

fh

file handle.

dh

directory handle.

fp

function pointer == code reference of perl 5.

_foobar

keyword begining with _ is used for internal function or variable.

private in other words.

rfoobar

The first "r" implies "reference". This called hangalian form but we use it very little in fml8.

STR

string.

Japanese character set name

JIS, SJIS, EUC ...

2

the same pronounciation as "to".

STR2EUC (== STRing to EUC)

use String qw(STR2EUC);
$euc_string = STR2EUC($string);

4

the same pronounciation as "for".

command mail

a mail which message body includes commands for fml.

By sending the command mail to some address, a user can make fml8 action something, such as subscribe, file retrieve, unsubscribe et.al, The address is typically $ml-ctl@$domain for $ml@$domain ML.