Name spaces

Process' environment name space

WiredTiger's environment variables begin with the string "WIREDTIGER".

C language name space

WiredTiger's public function names begin with the string "wiredtiger".

WiredTiger's public #define and structure typedef declarations begin with the string "WT_".

WiredTiger's private function names begin with the string "__wt_".

File system name space

WiredTiger's files begin with the string "WiredTiger"; applications should not create files in the WiredTiger file system name space.

Error return name space

WiredTiger reserves all values from -31,800 to -31,999 as possible error return values.