Hi, My preference goes to $discard since it had the closest semantically meaningful relation to what the variable actually does. Or, in the variable's own voice: "use me, discard me".
Guillaume PS: note that's it's a preference, not a strong feeling On Thu, Nov 10, 2011 at 9:02 AM, Thomas Mortagne <[email protected]>wrote: > On Thu, Nov 10, 2011 at 9:23 AM, Andreas Jonsson <[email protected]> > wrote: > > 2011-11-10 08:05, Vincent Massol skrev: > >> > >> On Nov 10, 2011, at 7:34 AM, Sergiu Dumitriu wrote: > >> > >>> Hi devs, > >>> > >>> Some methods must be captured so that they don't create output when > called from velocity, usually with something like: > >>> > >>> #set ($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 > _______________________________________________ devs mailing list [email protected] http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/devs
