[Glen]
2.) Appended EN_ to enumeration constants to
[J.Pietschmann]
Yuk. Having a large number of identifiers in the
same scope with
an identical prefix isn't very good for
autocompletion both in
Emacs and Eclipse.
[Glen]
We've been doing the same with PR_ (properties) and
FO_ (FO's) for quite some time.
To avoid a name conflict somewhere.
After hitting the EN_, you're at the same place you would be without the prefix. Furthermore, you can now hunt away for your enumeration constants without them being intermixed with the PR_'s and FO_'s.
It was also a commenting issue: TRUE and FALSE, for example, without a prefix, just weren't self documenting enough to emphasize that we're working with enumeration constants here. (Remember, we removed the old interfaces--per your desire as well as mine--such as WritingMode.LR_TB or whatever that previously provided that emphasis.)
How about having 3 interfaces: 'Properties', 'Elements' and 'Enums' which contains the constants without any prefix. And then decide that these interfaces are never implemented, but the constants are always accessed using the interface name:
Enums.TRUE
That would keep the searchability and perhaps even help us when (if) we move to typesafe enums.
regards, finn
