[Rails-core] Re: rails pollution

2008-07-06 Thread Michael Koziarski
> I agree that the internal variables should have ugly underscored > names. The problem is that it's not exactly trivial to replace > everything in a way that doesn't trash someone else's existing app or > plugin. I'd suggest starting a git branch started and having folks > run it against their

[Rails-core] Re: rails pollution

2008-07-06 Thread Rick Olson
On 7/6/08, Bryan Liles <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Jul 6, 2008, at 3:51 AM, tonypm wrote: > > > I have been bitten by errors, and template name clashes and the like, > > but coming up with an extended name in the app is usually fairly > > trivial. > > > > > This is where I take issue.

[Rails-core] Re: rails pollution

2008-07-06 Thread Bryan Liles
On Jul 6, 2008, at 3:51 AM, tonypm wrote: > I have been bitten by errors, and template name clashes and the like, > but coming up with an extended name in the app is usually fairly > trivial. > This is where I take issue. Coding around the framework feels weird. > After all, you are going to

[Rails-core] Re: rails pollution

2008-07-06 Thread tonypm
Whilst the point is entirely valid, IMHO there is equally a sense of 'polluting' the code with loads of __ stuff. The thing I really like about ruby and rails is the nice readability factor. I have been bitten by errors, and template name clashes and the like, but coming up with an extended nam

[Rails-core] Re: rails pollution

2008-07-03 Thread Matt Darby
On Jul 3, 2008, at 9:45 AM, cbs wrote: > > I heartily support your observations: losing so many names to > "reserved" status is so incongruous in this so-called modern age of > technology! For those of us who enjoyed the world of FORTRAN, a > construct which had no reserved words, losing such co

[Rails-core] Re: rails pollution

2008-07-03 Thread cbs
I heartily support your observations: losing so many names to "reserved" status is so incongruous in this so-called modern age of technology! For those of us who enjoyed the world of FORTRAN, a construct which had no reserved words, losing such common nouns as "type", "error", "group", etc (espec