Robert, On 12/14/05, Robert Wittams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The point is, we *won't* have set_<whatever> for setting anymore. The > only confusion seems to be if people can't tell the difference between a > verb and a noun. I'm afraid that we will end up with a very stilted api > if we have to use newspeak or lojban rather than english.
Lojban, hehe. Well, like I said, _set is not much of a problem for me anymore after a good night's rest. ;) > I'm still interested in a better default name, but I think > <whatever>_list is at least equally confusing as <whatever>_set. With > get_<whatever>_list() it did make sense because you were getting back a > newly minted list from that function. <whatever>_collection is imo > better from a clarity standpoint, but way too long. You are right, _list is worse than _set. Would _data be a better solution? -- Jeroen Ruigrok van der Werven <asmodai(-at-)in-nomine.org> / asmodai Free Tibet! http://www.savetibet.org/ | Je maintiendrai! http://www.in-nomine.org/ | [EMAIL PROTECTED] Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgment that something else is more important than fear.
