Re: Topaz 0.11 is out .. and in CVS (Finally!)

[email protected] (John Tobey) Sun, 30 Apr 2000 01:43:28 -0400 (EDT)
Newsgroups perl.perl6.porters
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Chip Salzenberg wrote:
> According to John Tobey:
> >      // Hash-specific:
> > -    virtual void clear_hash();
> > -    virtual void set_hash_capacity(size_t n);
> > +    virtual void hash_clear();
> > +    virtual void hash_set_capacity(size_t n);
> >      virtual void hash_assign_simple(size_t n, Scalar_p *vec);
> 
> I've pondered that.  I'm trying to maintain some degree of 'verb_noun'
> naming when appropriate.  But visual consistency may be more valuable.

It is a philosophical question, not just linguistic or aesthetic.
Actually, your way is probably better, assuming the methods can
theoretically all work on any Aggr.  "clear_hash" means "clear as a
hash" and not "I'd better be a hash so clear me".

-- 
John Tobey, late nite hacker <[email protected]>
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