On Sat, Oct 29, 2011 at 09:10:12AM +0200, Luc Maisonobe wrote:
> Le 28/10/2011 23:30, Gilles Sadowski a écrit :
> > Hello.
> > 
> > I think that something is not quite right in those class names:
> >   UnivariateMatrixFunction
> >   UnivariateRealFunction
> >   UnivariateVectorialFunction
> > 
> > To be consistent, we should either
> >  1. indicate the "grouping" and "number" type everywhere:
> >        UnivariateRealMatrixFunction
> >        UnivariateRealFunction
> >        UnivariateRealVectorialFunction 
> >  2. assume that the "number" type is "Real", and drop it everywhere:
> >        UnivariateMatrixFunction
> >        UnivariateFunction
> >        UnivariateVectorialFunction 
> >  3. assume that the "number" type is "Real", drop it everywhere, and
> >     indicate the "grouping" explicitly everywhere:
> >        UnivariateMatrixFunction
> >        UnivariateScalarFunction
> >        UnivariateVectorialFunction 
> > 
> > The same goes for "Multivariate...", "Differentiable...", and the optimizers
> > naming.
> > 
> > I'd say that option 2 is the least disruptive, and most practical as
> >   UnivariateFunction
> > is more common (and shorter) than
> >   UnivariateScalarFunction
> 
> You're right, lets go to a more consistent scheme. Option 2 is fair.

What do you think of Ted's suggestion:
  Vectorial -> Vector
?


Gilles

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