[py-dev] naming issues

Ralf Schmitt ralf at systemexit.de
Fri Aug 3 12:01:48 CEST 2012


Ronny Pfannschmidt <Ronny.Pfannschmidt at gmx.de> writes:

> I dont like the name funcarg for those cases,
> since its not really descriptive of what it is anymore
>
> Naming things different from what they are
> creates extra mental ballast i don't want to have
>
> back when we only had funcargs, the name "funcarg" was descriptive,
> now it isn't anymore, since we have a lot more

this is the thing I don't know if the decorator is just about funcargs
or not. so, please bear with me. 

anyway, I think factory isn't very descriptive either. I don't know
what's the purpose of that decorator at the moment and the name
"factory" basically gives me near zero information.

-- 
Cheers
Ralf



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