I see two-state properties such as "visible" as a "state of being" toggle
such that:
"the state of being visible is true or false"
or
"the state of being opaque is true or false"
But "the state of being visibility" doesn't scan right.
It's different with non-toggle properties. If there was one called
"transparent", that would suggest a two-state toggle property (it's either
transparent or not), whereas "transparency" would suggest a continuum of
values. (It's actually "blendLevel" which is a artificial word and so falls
outside these conventions.)
"set the visibility" sounds like a command (hide/show) or a continuum ("set
the visibility to 50%"), while "set the visible" sounds like flipping a bit.
It's just missing the extra words that would make it a better English
sentence - Words that can probably be added without damaging the code, but
who wants to type more than necessary? :)
But I wouldn't be surprised to find things in the dictionary that violate
even these simple rules... The language is growing by many hands, after all.
~ Chris Innanen
~ Nonsanity
On Fri, May 6, 2011 at 10:48 AM, Colin Holgate <co...@verizon.net> wrote:
> You may be right, and "visible" should be removed and replaced with
> "visibility". But I don't mind if they were synonyms, at least someone who
> thinks in terms of the visibility of objects wouldn't get script errors.
>
>
> On May 6, 2011, at 8:35 AM, Richmond Mathewson wrote:
>
> >> "visibility" ought to be a synonym along with "vis".
> >>
> > I don't see how that makes much sense; 'visible' is an adjective, while
> 'visibility' is
> > a noun; so how 'visibility' could be synonymous with 'visible' I just do
> not see.
>
>
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