From: matz@... (Yukihiro Matsumoto)
Date: 2002-04-09T00:22:55+09:00
Subject: Re: Addition to file.c (File.extension)

Hi,

In message "Re: Addition to file.c (File.extension)"
    on 02/04/08, Michael Campbell <michael_s_campbell@yahoo.com> writes:

|With all due respect to Matz' wishes, I took in informal poll of my
|peers at work and 100% of them said "extension" when asked: "In the
|file name ``foo.bar'', or ``a.out'', what do you call the ``.bar''
|and ``.out'' part of the filename?"  They had no idea WHY I was
|asking, but without hesitation, "extension" or "file extension" was
|the answer.  This was about 6 people.

I know.

But "extension" was often used with other meanings, e.g. extension
library.  That's why I prefer "extname" in association with "basename"
and "dirname" (both came from UNIX command names).

							matz.