Eric Blake <ebl...@redhat.com> writes: > On 07/28/2015 03:13 PM, Eric Blake wrote: > >> >>>>> -def generate_command_decl(name, args, ret_type): >>>>> - arglist="" >>>>> +def gen_command_decl(name, args, rets): >>>> >>>> I can see how 'args' is plural (even if it is a single string for the >>>> name of a type containing the args), but should it be 'ret' instead of >>>> 'rets'? >>> > >>> I'm open to better ideas on terminology. >> >> Not sure I'm thinking of anything better; so while I found it unusual, >> the explanation helps and I certainly won't reject it as wrong. > > Maybe gen_command_decl(name, arg_type, ret_type) since we've already > reduced the set of dictionaries into a single type name (where the type > name is possibly implicit)? After all, we're not calling the function > with a python list or set, but with a singlar string (where that string > is the name of a type, and it is the type that then has multiple members > to form plural arguments or plural return values). A bit more typing, > though, so up to you.
Okay, I'll try and see how these names pan out.
