On 6/8/09, Attila Lendvai <attila.lend...@gmail.com> wrote: >> I find them too long. Long names can distract from the intent of the >> actual code. They're supposed to merely combine domain-level logic, but >> being long they make the impression they're more than that. > > if i see PAPPLY (or any other abbreviated name for that matter), my > brain first maps it to PARTIAL-APPLY and then to the meaning itself. > > IMHO, abbreviation is bad because it can be done in a million ways and > it only introduces an extra level of indirection which is an > (admittedly small) obstacle against understanding. > > of course the picture is different for names that are used in every second > line. > > it might be only me, though. and i don't have strong feelings because > names are inherently subjective and our tools should handle the > personal preferences. CL + slime does not provide much in this regard, > but packages and symbol aliases work.
I tend to agree on long names & short names being an orthogonal issue. What is this "symbol aliases" you mentioned? Is it some common idiom or unannounced library of yours? I was wondering if anyone knows of any equivalent to Python's import some_long_external_module_name as shortname using just the plain CL package system? Yong. _______________________________________________ alexandria-devel mailing list alexandria-devel@common-lisp.net http://common-lisp.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/alexandria-devel
