As sort of an extension to this problem, how would you name the following Perl Roles within a Bounded Context of RBAC (also known as why I hate the name Role and wish Perl 6 had just used Trait)
* role that defines a role object interface * role that defines a user object interface * role that defines an interface if an object can have roles (e.g. users have roles, roles have roles ) * class that is a role object * class that is a user object * a role that implements the core functionality required for a role, such as grant/revoke permission, name, check access * role that provides the actual user object behavior * role that provides the behavior of objects that can have roles just trying to figure out how other people name things On Sat, Oct 19, 2013 at 12:08 AM, Kent Fredric <kentfred...@gmail.com>wrote: > > On 19 October 2013 09:55, Karen Etheridge <p...@froods.org> wrote: > >> I don't think a top level interface is generally appropriate for these >> sorts of things >> > > Indeed, not everything that exports is called Exporter::<*> > > Exporter:: is instead mostly filled with modules for the purpose of > exporting, not simply because they export. > > Just with roles there's a lot of vague ways interfaces can exist and be > named, so anything other than Role:: seems like namespace pollution. > > ie: Role::HasMessage becoming simply "HasMessage" seems like a step > backward to me, its just there's no better name for it. > > There's literally no other behavioural context to go on than the " > HasMessage" property, as although this module may be used for exceptions > predominantly, nothing about the roles behaviour indicates that it is > exception-only, so "exception" being a namespace token just makes people > overlook it. > > So in a nutshell: > > > > *Where it is possible and logical to do so, use some prefix relevant to > the problem your module is suited for. ( ie: Foo::Role::Blah , Blah > interface role for Foo ) * > *Where otherwise, a Role:: prefix is preferred over no prefix at all. * > > > -- > Kent > -- Caleb Cushing http://xenoterracide.com Calendar: https://www.google.com/calendar/embed?src=xenoterracide%40gmail.com&ctz=America/Chicago
