Phango

[renoX]

Sean Kelly a écrit :
> Janice Caron wrote:
>> On 11/17/07, Lars Ivar Igesund <larsivar at igesund.net> wrote:
>>>>> Will both libraries adopt the same style (naming conventions,
>>>>> capitalization, etc...)?
>>>> I surely hope so. ++myVote
>>> You understand that that would mean Phobos gaining Tango's style?
>>
>> Oh I don't think so. Walter is quite clear that module names should be
>> lowercase, and I agree with him.
> 
> What is your objection to CamelCase module names?

Easy: when in Romes do like Romans i.e. coherency beats 'invent your own 
style' any time of the day, otherwise big projects looks ugly.

So Tango should really follow convention used by Walter in Phobos.

Not following this simple rule looks 'amateurish' from Tango's guys, 
sorry for the harsh word but that's my view.

renoX




>> I kid you not - if Tango used "normal" case conventions, it would have
>> a lot more adherents.
> 
> This seems a bit extreme.  The only variables I can think of in Tango 
> are Stdin, Stdout, and Stderr.  And these could easily be aliased to 
> something else if the user finds the names offensive.
> 
>> In any case, I am currently crafting my own personally bastardised
>> version of Tango. I've already got a significant fraction of it
>> compiling under D2.007 (including Phobos), and yes I renamed all the
>> module names to lowercase. And I'll probably make "Stdout" merely an
>> alias for "stdout" too (etc.)
> 
> You may run into conflicts with the C file handle of the same name.
> 
>> Seriously - Tango's stylistic issues are a big turn-off. Tango
>> folk,when you complete your integration with Phobos, please, please
>> fix them.
> 
> Please suggest an alternate formatting style and explain why it is better.
> 
> 
> Sean