From: Michael Heerdegen <michael_heerdegen@web.de>
To: Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com>
Cc: 26564@debbugs.gnu.org, Kaushal Modi <kaushal.modi@gmail.com>
Subject: bug#26564: Document that only functions and not variables can end with "-p"
Date: Thu, 20 Apr 2017 00:23:30 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <874lxkdokd.fsf@drachen> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <716db14c-b67b-4477-b4c2-75478df0c313@default> (Drew Adams's message of "Wed, 19 Apr 2017 15:01:04 -0700 (PDT)")
Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com> writes:
> I suggest we stay away from helper verbs (or even any words).
> Verbs, in particular, can be different for singular and plural
> (e.g. `fancy-candidates-p').
It's a matter of taste. I like when symbols have names that speak to
me, even when there is no clear rule of how to name them. The most
important thing is that you see how the binding is intended to be used.
Michael.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2017-04-19 22:23 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 19+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2017-04-19 15:47 bug#26564: Document that only functions and not variables can end with "-p" Kaushal Modi
2017-04-19 16:08 ` Eli Zaretskii
2017-04-19 16:22 ` Kaushal Modi
2017-04-19 21:49 ` Michael Heerdegen
2017-04-19 22:04 ` Drew Adams
2017-04-19 22:18 ` Michael Heerdegen
2019-10-12 20:27 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2019-10-12 20:47 ` Kaushal Modi
2019-10-12 23:18 ` Drew Adams
2019-10-14 1:50 ` Richard Stallman
2019-10-14 2:22 ` Drew Adams
2019-10-14 7:24 ` Eli Zaretskii
2019-10-14 7:21 ` Eli Zaretskii
2017-04-19 17:26 ` Drew Adams
2017-04-19 21:44 ` Michael Heerdegen
2017-04-19 22:01 ` Drew Adams
2017-04-19 22:23 ` Michael Heerdegen [this message]
2017-04-19 22:28 ` Drew Adams
2017-04-20 1:42 ` Drew Adams
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