Examples Wanted: Usages of "body" as a Symbol Name

ketmar via Digitalmars-d digitalmars-d at puremagic.com
Tue Oct 4 20:04:14 PDT 2016


On Wednesday, 5 October 2016 at 02:11:14 UTC, Meta wrote:
> I'm currently writing up a DIP to propose removing `body` as a 
> keyword to allow it to be used for variable names, functions, 
> etc. I'm looking for examples and contexts where `body` would 
> normally be used as a variable, function name, alias, etc. This 
> is what I have come up with off the top of my head:
>
> - In web programming where "body" is a required tag in any 
> valid HTML document. Ex:
> - It is a name commonly used for XML tags and/or attributes
> - Physics simulations as well in astronomical contexts 
> ("planetary bodyies", etc.)
> - Video games, such as referring to the player character's body

i think you covered most of the cases. as for me, it is more than 
enough. as for my cases, physics engines suffers most: it is *so* 
natural to use "body" field/variable there... and so annoying to 
always add ugly "_" suffix.


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