Timon Gehr: > On 12/29/2011 02:04 AM, Derek wrote: > > On Thu, 29 Dec 2011 10:48:57 +1100, Timon Gehr <timon.g...@gmx.ch> wrote: > > > >> Having parameter names contribute to the interface means that all > >> developers need to spend time thinking about the best possible names > >> for their function parameters. > > > > And that's a bad thing, right? > > If the time was better spent at creating functionality, yes. > > http://www.digitalmars.com/d/archives/digitalmars/D/Rename_std.string.toStringz_138740.html > > http://www.digitalmars.com/d/archives/digitalmars/D/Fixing_enum_names_in_Phobos_141507.html > > http://www.digitalmars.com/d/archives/digitalmars/D/std.getopt_suggestion_145648.html#N145648 > > http://www.digitalmars.com/d/archives/digitalmars/D/renamepalooza_time_127446.html
I don't agree. Names are among the most important things in a human mind, if you find the right names, API usability improves. Thinking about the best names is time well spent, especially for library functions used by a lot of all kind of people for a lot of time. Bye, bearophile