On Sat, 05 Mar 2011 16:32:55 +0000, Lars T. Kyllingstad wrote: > On Fri, 04 Mar 2011 08:14:44 -0500, Nick Sabalausky wrote: > >> "Lars T. Kyllingstad" <public@kyllingen.NOSPAMnet> wrote in message >> news:ikofkc$322$1...@digitalmars.com... >>> As mentioned in the "std.path.getName(): Screwy by design?" thread, I >>> started working on a rewrite of std.path a long time ago, but I got >>> sidetracked by other things. The recent discussion got me working on >>> it again, and it turned out there wasn't that much left to be done. >>> >>> So here it is, please comment: >>> >>> http://kyllingen.net/code/ltk/doc/path.html >>> https://github.com/kyllingstad/ltk/blob/master/ltk/path.d >>> >>> >> I don't want to jinx it, but there seems to be a lot of agreement in >> this thread. Seriously, how often does that happen around here? :) > > Not too often, so I take it as a good sign that I'm onto something. ;) > > The only disagreement seems to be about the naming, so let's have a > round of voting. Here are a few alternatives for each function. Please > say which ones you prefer. > > * dirSeparator, dirSep, sep > * currentDirSymbol, currentDirSym, curDirSymbol * basename, baseName, > filename, fileName * dirname, dirName, directory, getDir, getDirName * > drivename, driveName, drive, getDrive, getDriveName * extension, ext, > getExt, getExtension * stripExtension, stripExt > > (The same convention will be used for stripExtension, replaceExtension > and defaultExtension.)
In summary, it seems currentDirSymbol, baseName, dirName and driveName are clear winners. Less clear, but still voted for by the majority, are extension and stripExtension. It is a tie between dirSep and dirSeparator. Below are the votes I counted. And before you say "hey, I didn't know we could make suggestions of our own", or "why did that guy get several votes?", this was by no means a formal vote. It was just trying to get a feel for people's preferences. Before the module gets accepted into Phobos there will have to be a formal review process, so there is still a lot of opportunity to fight over naming. :) dirSep: 3 (Nick Sabalausky, spir, Jonathan M. Davis) dirSeparator: 3 (Bekenn, Jim, J Chapman) currDirSym: 1 (Jonathan M. Davis) currDirSymbol: 2 (Nick Sabalausky, Jonathan M. Davis) path.current: 1 (Andrej Mitrovic) currentDirSymbol: 4 (Bekenn, Jim, J Chapman, spir) baseName: 6 (Nick Sabalausky, Bekenn, Jim, J Chapman, spir, Jonathan M. Davis) baseFileName: 1 (Nick Sabalausky) fileName: 1 (spir) basename: 1 (Andrei Alexandrescu) dirName: 6 (Nick Sabalausky, Bekenn, Jim, spir, Jonathan M. Davis, David Nadlinger) directory: 1 (Nick Sabalausky) getDirName: 2 (J Chapman, spir) dirname: 1 (Andrei Alexandrescu) driveName: 4 (Nick Sabalausky, Bekenn, Jim, spir) drive: 2 (Nick Sabalausky, Jonathan M. Davis) getDriveName: 2 (J Chapman, spir) driveLetter: 1 (Jonathan M. Davis) ext: 1 (Nick Sabalausky) extension: 2 (Bekenn, Jim) getExtension: 1 (J Chapman) stripExt: 2 (Nick Sabalausky, Jonathan M. Davis) stripExtension: 3 (Bekenn, Jim, J Chapman)
