On 10/25/2010 10:13 AM, Stefan Sperling wrote: >>> The --strip-count name matches the variable name in the code. >> >> Er... This is a non-reason. :-) > > It's not a non-reason because there is no good reason for not naming > things in a consistent way. > > Consistency between the API and the CLI interface is good. > It's not terribly important, but consistency in naming things does make > a difference if you try to follow a code path from the very top (CLI > client) to the very bottom of Subversion (e.g. libsvn_wc). > Any inconsistency your encounter during that journey presents a mental > hoop you need to jump through in order to continue the journey.
Preaching to the choir, brother. You'll never find a more vocal supporter of consistency than ol' C-Mike. But target audience matters, too. There are millions of Subversion users. There are quite a bit fewer direct consumers of Subversion's API. If consistency is achievable while appealing to both audiences, great -- but let it be the multi-millions who get first pick of the name that works best, not the perhaps only hundreds who work with the API. We can always rename an API variable. :-) -- C. Michael Pilato <cmpil...@collab.net> CollabNet <> www.collab.net <> Distributed Development On Demand
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