Monte, You might as well ask: Coke or Pepsi? or Mac or Windows? or iOS or Android? or Burger King or McDonalds or (pick your favorite non-American head to head competing things) :-)
And is complex because, for example, I like the looks of "put Something() into container" in my code. However, when looking in the dictionary or a list of my own APIs for my apps, where just the name is listed, I like seeing the action (i.e. GetSomething()) as part of the name as it reminds me of the intended action of the function. On 11/3/2016 6:16 PM, Monte Goulding wrote: > Hi LiveCoders > > In a PR I have open Peter has asked me to `Please name this function with a > verb` and I recognised that in LiveCode this is something I don’t do out of > habit while in other languages it is. Why? Because in the context the a > function is used there is already a verb in the statement in our language. I > definitely think verbs should be used for custom handler names though. It > seems to me that if my gut feeling and what I’ve been practicing for a long > time is seen as general best practice for the community then it should be > documented. > > I notice that there’s a mix of noun and verb engine functions. > > What do people think: > > put GetSomething() into container > > or > > put Something() into container > > BTW I’m happy to change my ways I’m just curious what people think. > > Cheers > > Monte > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
