On 31 January 2012 16:11, Gilles Sadowski <gil...@harfang.homelinux.org> wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 31, 2012 at 04:05:08PM +0100, Dennis Hendriks wrote:
>> I may be overlooking something, but isn't
>> "BaseAbstractUnivariateIntegrator" double, in the sense that "Base"
>> and "Abstract" both refer to an abstract base class that actual
>> integrators can derive from? In other words, wouldn't
>> "BaseUnivariateIntegrator" or "AbstractUnivariateIntegrator" be
>> enough?
>
> I thought that a "Base" class might not necessarily need to be "Abstract".

True.

> Or, if we can assume that it is always so, then you are right; and I'd happy
> to remove the "Abstract" string from the name, as it is redundant with the
> "abstract" keyword in the class declaration.
> The converse is not true: an "Abstract" class is not necessarily a "Base"
> class, where "Base" is to be taken in the sense of "the most basic
> functionality").

On the other hand, an abstract class must always be the base for other classes.
Do we need to distinguish basic abstract classes from other types of
abstract class?

I think dropping the Base prefix but leave Abstract would be best.

> Best,
> Gilles
>
>>
>>
>> Brent Worden wrote:
>> >On Tue, Jan 31, 2012 at 7:15 AM, Gilles Sadowski
>> ><gil...@harfang.homelinux.org> wrote:
>> >>Hi.
>> >>
>> >>In order to resolve issue MATH-707, one last thing could be changed, to 
>> >>make
>> >>the whole "analysis" package self-consistent regarding the class naming
>> >>scheme: "UnivariateRealIntegrator" -> "UnivariateIntegrator"
>> >>
>> >>Also, the class "UnivariateRealIntegratorImpl.java" should be renamed. In
>> >>addition to removing the "Real" part from the name, I would change it to:
>> >> "BaseAbstractUnivariateIntegrator"
>> >>
>> >>Do you agree?
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>Best regards,
>> >>Gilles
>
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