2018-05-04 19:45 GMT+03:00 Sean P. DeNigris <s...@clipperadams.com>: > Ramon Leon-5 wrote > > And my point made; I don't even know what that means. > > Ha ha, I googled it and even after seeing the definition still didn't > understand - we must be getting old ;-) > > Regarding the use of acronyms - while I agree with you as a general > principle, I wonder about this case. Since the argument IIUC is that "a > general user won't know the domain well enough to understand the acronym", > would they understand "abstractSyntaxTree"?!
Now I am wonder: is it really correct to call syntax tree as abstract when it is really implemented? AST is very known term but now when I read it word by word I have such questions :). > That, to me, is as opaque as > the acronym for one not acquainted with the domain, and may buy us little > at > the cost of a good amount of extra typing. Maybe keep the acronym and add a > good method comment… > > > > ----- > Cheers, > Sean > -- > Sent from: http://forum.world.st/Pharo-Smalltalk-Users-f1310670.html > >
