On Mon, 20 Jan 2003, Rich Bowen wrote:
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> On Sun, 19 Jan 2003, Nick Tonkin wrote:
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> > > +1 for singular. I don't like plural class names.
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> > We already had this discussion! Formats was the best offering. Any change
> > needs to be an improvement, imo.
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> My apologies. I appear to have missed that discussion.
DateTime::Format was rejected for making it sound like you would use it to
format a date.
Dave R's first suggestion was for DateTime::Rendition (iirc -- might have
been Presentation?)
DateTime::Formats could be read as a verb but not as an infinitive nor an
imperative, which are the formats :) that are used to inidcate verb-ness
in modules, imo.
(
Purl, Format this!; # Purl says 'alright'
Purl, Formats this!; # Purl says, 'no I don't
)
Does that make sense?
How about DateTime::StringFormat ?
or
DateTime::Rendition
DateTime::Rendering
DateTime::Articulation
DateTime::Depiction
DateTime::Interpretation
or how about
DateTime::Structure
==>Webster's
Main Entry: structure
Pronunciation: 'str&k-ch&r
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English, from Latin structura, from structus, past
participle of struere to heap up, build -- more at STREW
Date: 15th century
[...]
3 : manner of construction : MAKEUP <Gothic in structure>
4 a : the arrangement of particles or parts in a substance or body <soil
structure> <molecular structure> b : organization of parts as dominated by
the general character of the whole <economic structure> <personality
structure>
5 : the aggregate of elements of an entity in their relationships to each
other
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- nick
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