Hi, On Thu, Nov 10, 2011 at 5:30 PM, Thomas Mortagne <[email protected]>wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 10, 2011 at 10:02 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 > > I would add that "void" make clean it's nothing while "discard" could > be a real (probably boolean) variable IMO > $void does sound good if you think of java methods with void return type. Or, more generally, a procedure rather than a function, which is actually our use case for velocity. Even if "void" can be used as a verb or even a boolean variable name (i.e. a product's warranty status or whether to change it), it's less common than "discard". I would be +0.5 for $void. Thanks, Eduard > > > > >> > >> 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 > > > > > > -- > 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
