I think you'll likely find where it isn't the case (such as readdir) the name comes from the POSIX function name. There's no readfile function in POSIX, but there is readdir(). The only other case seems to be readlink, which is the same issue.
http://linux.die.net/man/2/readdir http://linux.die.net/man/2/readlink On Thu, Dec 27, 2012 at 1:02 PM, David Habereder <[email protected]>wrote: > Hi, > > I am quite new to node.js. > > As far as I can see the method names aren't very consistent. Take the > methods from File System for example: http://nodejs.org/api/fs.html > It is ".readFile" (Camelcase) > But it is ".readdir" (all lowercase) > > There are a few more such cases where I don't see a pattern when camelcase > is used and when not. > > You could say that this is absolutely irrelevant and you would be right. > But it annoys me :-( > And it reminds me of PHP syntax garbage. > > Is there any interest in getting all method names either camelcase or > lowercase, or will this just stay as is? > > ~dave > > -- > Job Board: http://jobs.nodejs.org/ > Posting guidelines: > https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Mailing-List-Posting-Guidelines > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "nodejs" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/nodejs?hl=en?hl=en > -- Job Board: http://jobs.nodejs.org/ Posting guidelines: https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Mailing-List-Posting-Guidelines You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "nodejs" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nodejs?hl=en?hl=en
