Hi, Does the L in lxml mean something, or is the name just a contraction of libxml2? I took this L for lselect, but you know what they say about naming things… -- Simon Sapin
Simon Sapin, 11.08.2012 20:48:
Does the L in lxml mean something, or is the name just a contraction of libxml2? I took this L for lselect, but you know what they say about naming things…
I wasn't involved yet when the naming was done, but I would guess that it was originally just a short name for libxml2. However, if we ever decide to register it as a brand name ( :o) ), it can't be a short form for something, at least not officially, so now it's just "lxml". I find "lselect" quite appropriate as a name, even though it doesn't visibly restrict the thing to CSS selectors. Stefan
Le 16/08/2012 08:17, Stefan Behnel a écrit :
I find "lselect" quite appropriate as a name, even though it doesn't visibly restrict the thing to CSS selectors.
Indeed, but being named just "Selectors" it seems that the spec itself does not want to be restricted to CSS. (The URL also went to "css3-selectors" to "selectors4" in the next level.) http://www.w3.org/TR/css3-selectors/ http://www.w3.org/TR/selectors4/ And if the word "css" was to be added to the name, "cssselect" is already taken. But lselect is not final, any idea is welcome :) -- Simon Sapin
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