On 25 April 2011 08:21, Edward Diener <eldiener@tropicsoft.com> wrote:
What is wrong with the people commenting on libraries for Boost who are so concerned about the names being used ?
I've been around long enough to learn that names are incredibly important. It is how we communicate.
This is irrelevant. There is something mentally wrong about all those peoples spending endless amounts of time around this issue. I notice this does not happen nowadays for just one library but for ever single library, or proposed library, which is mentioned on this mailing list.
Because some of us do generic programming, commonality of names have become even more important.
Is this the way all of you people actually work in your daily jobs, or on your own projects, spending hours and days arguing with others about C++ identifiers for every little thing ?
For me, it is a function of how easily I can change it in the future if I get it wrong. The bigger the scope, the more up front effort I put into the naming. Grow up ! Surely there are better things to do than carry on endlessly about
some name, that is should be x or y or z or some other inane preferable list.
If it bothers you so much, why not just skip reading those messages? Boost is a volunteer effort; people can spend that effort any way they see fit.
It's time for somebody to say this, so I will do it. A C++ identifier name, as long as it is vaguely about what the functionality entails, is perfectly adequate.
In your opinion. Some of us have other opinions, cultivated from our experiences.
It does not have to satisfy everyone in the universe. Period !
It won't satisfy everyone. But we still should strive for the best names possible. -- Nevin ":-)" Liber <mailto:nevin@eviloverlord.com> (847) 691-1404