On Thu, Nov 10, 2011 at 8:34 AM, Sergiu Dumitriu <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi devs, > > Some methods must be captured so that they don't create output when called > from velocity, usually with something like: > > #set ($var = $obj.doSomething()) > > Where $var is a variable whose content isn't needed and won't be used. And > everyone seems to have his favorite name for it: $discard, $ok, $ignore... > > I'd like to have a single variable name, so that in the end we don't end > up creating 5 different variables for the same goal. So, which one do you > prefer: > > 1. $discard > 2. $discarded > 3. $ignore > 4. $ignored > 5. $ok > 6. $output > +1 for $discard or $dummy. $ok and $output are really bad imo. They are too generic and don't explain the fact that the output is not used later on. Thanks, Florin Ciubotaru > > $ok is the shortest, thus easier to type, faster to parse, and lighter on > the total size of the wiki. On the other hand, I prefer $discard since it's > more meaningful, it conveys exactly what that line does: "$discard the > output of this method call". > -- > Sergiu Dumitriu > http://purl.org/net/sergiu/ > ______________________________**_________________ > devs mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.xwiki.org/**mailman/listinfo/devs<http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/devs> > _______________________________________________ devs mailing list [email protected] http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/devs
