Hi, On Fri, Nov 11, 2011 at 1:23 AM, Caleb James DeLisle < [email protected]> wrote:
> Love Parkinson's law of triviality. > :-) I think that over the years I've seen worse cases on this list though... I'll try to dig them out some day. Guillaume > $discard is fine with me since it seems to get the most use. > > Caleb > > > On 11/10/2011 01:34 AM, Sergiu Dumitriu wrote: > > Hi devs, > > > > Some methods must be captured so that they don't create output when > called from velocity, usually with something like: > > > > #set ($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 > > > > $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". > > _______________________________________________ > devs mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/devs > _______________________________________________ devs mailing list [email protected] http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/devs
