Agreed -- I don't particularly care, so long as it's consistent. I guess wrt camel-casing acronyms, it'd be nice to avoid stuff like HttpURLConnection<http://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/api/java/net/HttpURLConnection.html>which uses some bastardry of capitalization to avoid the unfortunate situation where there are two acronyms are side-by-side.
Anyway. Bring on the dictator(s). :) On Fri, Aug 2, 2013 at 7:47 PM, Aaron Dandy <aaron.da...@live.com> wrote: > That is an interesting but complicated idea. Ogre caps when an acronym is > alone, camel when acronyms are adjacent. > > GC<> > BFG<> > BfgGc<> > > I feel like this is the sort of thing we should not decide collaboratively > but instead should have beaten into us by a glorious dictator. I'm not sure > this discussion will get us far as we are not the first to discuss it. > > ------------------------------ > Date: Fri, 2 Aug 2013 19:38:44 -0700 > From: rust-...@tomlee.co > To: rust-dev@mozilla.org > Subject: Re: [rust-dev] Java versus .NET style for acronyms in type names > > > 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>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 > ______________________________**_________________ > Rust-dev mailing list > Rust-dev@mozilla.org > https://mail.mozilla.org/**listinfo/rust-dev<https://mail.mozilla.org/listinfo/rust-dev> > > > > > -- > *Tom Lee */ http://tomlee.co / @tglee <http://twitter.com/tglee> > > > _______________________________________________ Rust-dev mailing list > Rust-dev@mozilla.org https://mail.mozilla.org/listinfo/rust-dev > > _______________________________________________ > Rust-dev mailing list > Rust-dev@mozilla.org > https://mail.mozilla.org/listinfo/rust-dev > > -- *Tom Lee */ http://tomlee.co / @tglee <http://twitter.com/tglee>
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