On 2013/08/24 08:05:13, mike7 wrote:
On 24 août 2013, at 10:18, mailto:lemzw...@googlemail.com wrote:

> LGTM, except of using `surrogate' in the name.  Given that the
stencil
> dimensions are actively overridden on request, I would like rather
like
> having `override'.  For me, the word `surrogate' suggests something
> passive.
>
> https://codereview.appspot.com/12957047/

The definition reads:

It doesn't matter what the definition reads.  English has a live
vocabulary of over 150000 words and there is no need to use all of them
in identifiers.  We want our identifier names to be boring and following
our own terminology elsewhere as well as that of other programs.

If you pick a non-standard word with slightly different connotations,
people will think that the slightly different connotations are
important, rather than that this is just playing randomization games
with a thesaurus.

https://codereview.appspot.com/12957047/
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