+1 for benevolent dictator tossing a coin.
On Friday, August 2, 2013, Tim Cameron Ryan wrote:
> Straw polling: +1 for Java style.
>
> It works in the favor of the audience. Arc<int> looks like it may
> represent an actual Arc trait, ARC<int> is an indicator I don't understand
> some component and should be going straight to wikipedia. Being clever
> about capitalization limits intuition.
>
> Tim
>
> On Aug 2, 2013, at 10:38 PM, Tom Lee <rust-...@tomlee.co<javascript:_e({},
> 'cvml', 'rust-...@tomlee.co');>>
> wrote:
>
> Bikeshedding is right ;)
>
> I'm probably a weirdo but I like the Java style when the type name is the
> acronym in its entirety, but the .NET style when you mix it up with other
> stuff.
>
> e.g. I prefer GC<> to Gc<>, but then I prefer SimpleHttpServer to
> SimpleHTTPServer :P
>
> Guess I'm +0.5 on both?
>
>
>
> On Fri, Aug 2, 2013 at 6:28 PM, Patrick Walton
> <pwal...@mozilla.com<javascript:_e({}, 'cvml', 'pwal...@mozilla.com');>
> > wrote:
>
>> Hi everyone,
>>
>> Brendan Eich emailed me expressing a preference for `GC<>` over `Gc<>`. I
>> think now is as good a time as any to have the bikeshedding debate :)
>>
>> I've noticed two styles for acronyms in type names: Java style
>> (HTTPServer) versus .NET style (HttpServer). Currently we are usually using
>> .NET style, but inconsistently (e.g. ARC). We never really decided.
>>
>> Here are a few examples of types in each style:
>>
>> * Java style: GC<Foo>, ARC<int>, SimpleHTTPServer, XMLHTTPRequest.
>>
>> * .NET style: Gc<Foo>, Arc<int>, SimpleHttpServer, XmlHttpRequest.
>>
>> I slightly prefer Java style myself because I think "GC" looks better
>> than "Gc", because Web APIs use Java style, and because Python does (e.g.
>> SimpleHTTPServer) and in general we've been following PEP 8. But I don't
>> feel strongly on this issue.
>>
>> Thoughts/straw poll?
>>
>> Patrick
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