On Tue, Jun 30, 2015 at 2:10 AM, Sean P. DeNigris <s...@clipperadams.com> wrote: > Peter Uhnák wrote >> It seems that >> <sample> >> is then the go-to naming for now > > I agree with Ben that from a native English perspective, exemplar doesn't > quite sound right. > > Sample and Example are the two words that most clearly capture the intent. > The problem with using #sample to return instances and #example to > illustrate usage is that it's a bit too subtle. Even though technically one > could argue the logic of that distinction, in reality English speakers use > them interchangeably and it will be confusing.
Thats a fair argument. > A core principle of Smalltalk > is to type a bit more to make things clearer (e.g. avoid > single-character/abbreviated variable names). I strongly feel we should be > more specific and uniform by either using (<exampleInstance> & > <exampleCode>) or (<sampleInstance> & <sampleCode>). I find myself liking the last two, I think since the concatenated words rolls off the tongue nicer with one less syllable, but I think any of those are fine. Actually, rather than pairing based on the first part, maybe using <exampleCode> together with <sampleInstance> will distinguish the most between the two cases. cheers -ben
