On 8/10/06, Larry Wall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Yes, it's a design smell. The point of core is to huffman code common
things, so something in core with _ should normally either be shorter
or out of the core.
Would it be adequate to say "think hard about keeping core names
concise, but pref
On Fri, Aug 11, 2006 at 11:28:08PM +0800, Audrey Tang wrote:
: For other built-in types, I think underscore names are just fine. For example,
: metaclass methods such as "Class.has_method" should indeed remain as such. :)
That's fine--I don't think of anything behind the META curtain as "core",
at
在 2006/8/11 下午 2:35 時，Luke Palmer 寫到：
I think that standard functions ought not to have underscores *most of
the time*, because their presence indicates something that could be
better named or is miscategorized. However, for methods, especially
"advanced" or introspective methods, I think longe
On 8/10/06, Larry Wall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Yes, it's a design smell. The point of core is to huffman code common
things, so something in core with _ should normally either be shorter
or out of the core.
I don't think I agree. I've been programming in Ruby, and I
appreciate all the nice
On Thu, Aug 10, 2006 at 07:02:13PM +0200, Juerd wrote:
: Eric skribis 2006-08-10 10:22 (-0600):
: > I think .valid is an excellent argument for underscores all by itself.
:
: I think it's an argument for reconsidering the name of that method.
: "valueid" is only 2 characters more.
Okay, I'll just
Eric skribis 2006-08-10 10:22 (-0600):
> I think .valid is an excellent argument for underscores all by itself.
I think it's an argument for reconsidering the name of that method.
"valueid" is only 2 characters more.
I'm personally against non-prefix underscores in any core identifier.
I agree t
I think .valid is an excellent argument for underscores all by itself.
Unless you already know what it means you don't have any clue that
its not actualy the word valid instead of val_id. I don't know of any
other problems like this, but at very least that should be changed.
Don't we still try an
On 8/6/06, Yuval Kogman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hi,
Audrey mentioned that Perl 6 is trying to avoid underscores in the
core library.
It came up when I asked why "valid" isn't called "value_id" because
if ( $user_input.valid ) { } reads fairly confusingly.
So, a few questions:
1. what is th
