st: Re: the demise of cmdname and naming conventions

[Christopher F Baum <baum@bc.edu>]

On Nov 18, 2003, at 2:33 AM, Nick wrote:

> There is also a much better answer: -findit- tells
> you directly whether a program name is in public use.
> That cuts through the whole question of names registered
> or not, approved or not, or whatever. I suggest that
> easy search of the internet finally made -cmdname-
> obsolete.
And it will even allow you to find out that Nick Winter's "c" is 
actually in the -fastcd- package! For obvious reasons, a one-letter 
name cannot be a package accessible by net install nor ssc.

Another rule generally accepted by the tribe: if you're going to write 
a variant/improvement on an official Stata command, append '2' to the 
name (e.g., ssc desc panelauto).

Kit

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