On Thu, Nov 10, 2011 at 9:23 AM, Andreas Jonsson <[email protected]> wrote: > 2011-11-10 08:05, Vincent Massol skrev: >> >> On Nov 10, 2011, at 7:34 AM, Sergiu Dumitriu 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 >> >> We can also think of: >> >> 7. $dummy (I always use this one) >> 8. $unused > > How about: > > 9. $void
+1, that's what I'm using usually too > > But I don't have a strong opion about this. > > >>> $ok is the shortest, thus easier to type, faster to parse, and lighter on >>> the total size of the wiki. >> >> The size is definitely a bad argument. Let's remove all comments it'll slim >> down the wiki size… yeah! :) >> >> Faster to type is also not a good argument. Using meaningful variable names >> is better. >> >>> 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". >> >> They're all fine with me except $output. >> >> Thanks >> -Vincent >> >> _______________________________________________ >> devs mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/devs >> > > _______________________________________________ > devs mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/devs > -- Thomas Mortagne _______________________________________________ devs mailing list [email protected] http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/devs
