Re-factor user var/fn names before 1.0.0 release (replace -- with -)

[kaushalmodi]

Hello,

It is a known convention [see below] in Emacs Lisp to have -- in function names only if they are internal functions i.e. not to be used/modified/advised by the user.

But I am finding user-facing/interactive functions like mastodon-tl--get-tag-timeline, etc. (basically all mastodon.el interactive functions) to have -- in their names.

Would it be possible to simply replace -- with - in such user-facing fn names?

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For backward compatibility, you can use define-obsolete-function-alias for an interim period that allows both versions of such function names (with the obsoleted names with -- and with the new names with -).

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References

• https://github.com/bbatsov/emacs-lisp-style-guide#loading-and-autoloading
• https://stackoverflow.com/a/3180782/1219634

[kaushalmodi]

The same suggestion extends to variables intended for user modification.. the defcustoms.

[jdenen]

It's a solid point and something I don't like about the current functions. I initially wrote them like this because the "namespaces" like mastodon-toot and mastodon-tl have - in them. It made mastodon-tl-do-some-public-thing confusing IMO.

That said, I would accept a PR that put a / between namespaces and public function names: mastodon-tl/do-some-public-thing. Private functions should keep --: mastodon-tl--do-some-private-thing.