[theme-reviewers] No hook prefix

[Justin Tadlock]

I'm glad to see everyone seems to be okay with this.  I could definitely 
see using "hybrid_" as a prefix for all hooks as a good solution.

On 9/25/2012 7:44 PM, Edward Caissie wrote:
> I only used "based on theme author" as a point of reference, not a 
> specific use-case. The "hybrid_" prefix would be fine as an example in 
> this case, and meet the "based on theme author" idea I was thinking of.
>
>
> Cais.
>
>
> On Tue, Sep 25, 2012 at 8:04 PM, Shinra Web Holdings 
> <contact at shinraholdings.com <mailto:contact at shinraholdings.com>> wrote:
>
>     I think an author based namespace goes too far, but I don't see
>     any reason why a theme has to have just one namespace which is
>     unique from other themes. Is there ever a situation in which two
>     themes would be active on the same individual site at once?
>
>
>     On Tue, Sep 25, 2012 at 6:36 PM, Otto <otto at ottodestruct.com
>     <mailto:otto at ottodestruct.com>> wrote:
>
>         On Tue, Sep 25, 2012 at 6:10 PM, Justin Tadlock
>         <justin at justintadlock.com <mailto:justin at justintadlock.com>>
>         wrote:
>         > One of the things that I've wanted to do is use a
>         standardized hook system
>         > across all my themes.  However, as per the guidelines, this
>         is not an option
>         > because themes require a unique prefix:
>         > http://codex.wordpress.org/Theme_Review#Theme_Namespacing
>
>         The purpose of theme namespacing is the same as that for plugin
>         namespacing, to make sure things don't conflict with each
>         other. In
>         the case of themes, the fact that themes run one-per-site
>         sorta makes
>         that a moot point, as long as the prefix being used is careful
>         to not
>         conflict with plugin names and such.
>
>         However, that is somewhat of a superficial viewpoint, once you
>         consider multisite. It's conceivable that a plugin running
>         across a
>         multisite network could cause unintended side-effects on other
>         sites,
>         if their themes share hook names and the plugin references those.
>
>         So, in general, I'm okay with using the same prefix across
>         multiple-themes as long as you take that aspect into account and
>         choose-wisely as to what your hook names are and what they are
>         intended to do.
>
>         Also, note that rules can have exceptions. I like the fact
>         that the
>         review team consists of real people and not just something like
>         theme-check for that reason. That said, if theme-check is actually
>         blocking based on this, then some clarification of the guidelines
>         might be in order.
>
>         -Otto
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