> Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2012 09:03:18 -0600
> From: matt...@zend.com
> To: fw-general@lists.zend.com
> Subject: Re: [fw-general] Events vs. EventManager
>
> -- Andreas Möller <a...@softe.is> wrote
> (on Tuesday, 13 November 2012, 03:48 PM +0100):
> > > If you're talking about the _protected_ property, or the fact that many
> > > setEventManager() implementations use "$events" as the name of the
> > > EventManager property, or even that many examples will use constructs
> > > like "$events = $object->getEventManager();" it's simply because:
> > >
> > > a) it's shorter to type
> > > b) it has a semantic affinity to how other languages (esp. JavaScript)
> > > refer to event collections/managers.
> >
> > But it doesn't reveal what it really is - it is not a list of events,
> > it's an instance of EventManager . . . !
> >
> > Why is the EventManager class then named EventManager, not Events?
>
> It aggregates listeners and triggers events; it could have been named
> either way, to be honest. "EventManager" is cumbersome as a variable
> name, but perfectly fine as a class name.
>
> > > In JavaScript, you typically work with an "events" collection, and
> > > attach/trigger from that; we chose terminology that should be familiar
> > > to those familiar with that paradigm (which will be a majority of web
> > > developers).
> >
> > Still, it's an event manager.
>
> Honestly, I've never heard anybody else complain about it. At this
> point, I'm not about to change all occurrences of it, either.
>
>
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I agree with some of his points. You haven't heard me complain because I've
stopped caring about these kind of things. I don't advocate changing these
things at this stage either. zf3 is the place for that.
--
Gerard
