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API naming convention

Variables
- Variables of type char are prefixed c
- Variables of type short are prefixed s
- Variables of type long are prefixed l
- Variables of type float are prefixed f
- Variables of type double are prefixed d
- Enumerated variables are prefixed e
- Other types (e.g. structs) are prefixed x
- Pointers have an additional prefixed p, for example a pointer to a short will have prefix ps
- Unsigned variables have an additional prefixed u, for example an unsigned short will have prefix us
Functions
- File private functions are prefixed with prv
- API functions are prefixed with their return type, as per the convention defined for variables
- Function names start with the file in which they are defined. For example vTaskDelete is defined in Task. c

NB x is used (confusingly) both for structures and for RTOS types such as portTickType (in the ARM port this is equivalent to unsigned int).