On Friday 22 November 2013 13:15:07 Marcos Douglas wrote: > On Fri, Nov 22, 2013 at 5:34 AM, Michael Schnell <mschn...@lumino.de> wrote: > > On 11/22/2013 09:26 AM, Martin Schreiber wrote: > >> Use 'method' instead of 'sub' everywhere or introduce a new keyword? > > > > Everywhere. > > But here are two different worlds: Procedural vs. OO. > IMHO we should not combine the two things. > So if procedural is an "old world" we use an "old word" > called "function" or "function". This word, using the same abbreviation, > speak more than 'sub'. > > > I decently dislike "sub". For me, a keyword should be "speaking" (like > > "to" or "for") and not be an abbreviation. "method" is a lot shorter > > than "subroutine" and more speaking than "sub". > > I agree. But, in that context, I will be happy using 'method' or > 'function' to class methods. > 'method' for object methods with object instance pointer and 'sub' for ordinary subroutines is OK for me. I don't like 'method' for ordinary subroutines.
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