8.2 Naming convention of libraries

The following table summarizes naming categories of the modules, including external ones and planned ones.

binary.*

Utilities to treat binary data.

compat.*

Provides compatibility layers.

control.*

Control structures, such as multithreading utilities

data.*

Implementations of various data structures.

dbi.*, dbd.*

Database independent interface layer and drivers.

dbm.*

DBM interface

gauche.*

Stuffs more or less considered as Gauche core features.

gl.*

OpenGL binding and related libraries (external package).

gtk.*

GTk+ binding and related libraries (external package).

file.*

Manipulating files and directories.

lang.*

Language-related libraries, artificial and/or natural (planned).

math.*

Mathematics.

os.*

Features for specific OSes.

parser.*

Parsers

rfc.*

Implementations of net protocols defined in RFC’s.

scheme.*

R7RS libraries

srfi.*

SRFI implementations.

sxml.*

SXML libraries.

text.*

Libraries dealing with text data.

util.*

Generic implementations of various algorithms.

www.*

Implementations of various protocols and formats mainly used in WWW.