Proposal for std.path replacement

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On 03/04/2011 09:33 AM, Lars T. Kyllingstad wrote:
>> 1. They should properly camelcased. fcmp, fnccharmtach, and fnmatch are
>> >  probably okay, but basename should definitely be baseName.
> We probably couldn't disagree more. :)  I think fncharmatch is a horrible
> name.  On the other hand, basename() is named after the 'basename' UNIX
> utility, and doesn't mean anything on its own.  At least, I've never
> heard of such a thing as the "base name" of a file, but please prove me
> wrong.

I agree with Jonathan about 'baseName' (2 words ==> camelcased, e basta!) (*). 
And indeed names like 'fcmp' or 'fnccharmtach' should not even be allowed to 
live ;-).

Denis

(*) Except when the first part is a prefix / preposition, like input, output, 
subtype, supertype, transcode... in which case the name is or would be a single 
word in regular English.
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