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Re: shall we rename X-offset (and similar) to lowercase?
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David Kastrup |
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Re: shall we rename X-offset (and similar) to lowercase? |
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Sun, 24 Mar 2013 12:34:38 +0100 |
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Werner LEMBERG <address@hidden> writes:
>>> The axis names are #X and #Y so I am not in favor.
>>
>> What about changing axis names as well?
>
> I'm all for it.
Not really easy. We have in C++ macros X Y LEFT RIGHT etc, and making
them lowercase would heavily conflict with typical variable names.
Making things different between C and Scheme here is definitely an
option. However, conflicts between variables x and y and X and Y are
still very likely. Granted: with lexical closure and without using
things like the C preprocessor, the conflicts will tend to occur only
locally.
Still, I doubt that we would be doing programmers a net favor over the
current names. I am not particularly enamored to them, but I don't see
an exit strategy with reasonable long-term benefits either. At least
not if we are talking about a mere renaming change without significant
other changes.
--
David Kastrup
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- Re: shall we rename X-offset (and similar) to lowercase?, David Kastrup, 2013/03/21
- Re: shall we rename X-offset (and similar) to lowercase?, Eluze, 2013/03/22
- Re: shall we rename X-offset (and similar) to lowercase?, Werner LEMBERG, 2013/03/22
- Re: shall we rename X-offset (and similar) to lowercase?, Janek Warchoł, 2013/03/24
- Re: shall we rename X-offset (and similar) to lowercase?, Werner LEMBERG, 2013/03/24
- Re: shall we rename X-offset (and similar) to lowercase?,
David Kastrup <=
- Re: shall we rename X-offset (and similar) to lowercase?, Werner LEMBERG, 2013/03/24
- Re: shall we rename X-offset (and similar) to lowercase?, David Kastrup, 2013/03/24
- Re: shall we rename X-offset (and similar) to lowercase?, Werner LEMBERG, 2013/03/24
- Re: shall we rename X-offset (and similar) to lowercase?, David Kastrup, 2013/03/24
- Re: shall we rename X-offset (and similar) to lowercase?, Werner LEMBERG, 2013/03/24
- Re: shall we rename X-offset (and similar) to lowercase?, David Kastrup, 2013/03/24
- Re: shall we rename X-offset (and similar) to lowercase?, Werner LEMBERG, 2013/03/24
- Re: shall we rename X-offset (and similar) to lowercase?, Joram Berger, 2013/03/24
- Re: shall we rename X-offset (and similar) to lowercase?, Trevor Daniels, 2013/03/24
- Re: shall we rename X-offset (and similar) to lowercase?, David Kastrup, 2013/03/24