It is easy to overdo it when trying to predict future needs. I always (now) do the minimal solution, with the expectation that it *may* evolve in the future.
Since the parts that do need change (say 5% ?) are usually not the ones I would have predicted, I am usually very glad I didn't over-engineer the API in advance. Alan PS: YAGNI rules - and it's easier/less painful to fix the 5% where it's wrong than the 95% where it's right PPS: YMMV (but not much!) On Sun, Sep 30, 2018 at 7:12 PM Michael Gardner <gardne...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > On Sep 30, 2018, at 18:54, Eric Lavigne <lavigne.e...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > I would not use keyword namespaces in this situation. Users of the > "fetch" function will likely type :timeout, :status, and :body when using > this function. Keyword namespaces would just force users to type longer > names for these. > > Thanks for the response, Eric. Leaving :timeout aside for the moment, the > issue I'm wrestling with is that you never know what your clients will do > with the response. That makes it hard to anticipate the likelihood of > keyword collisions, especially for a more complex compound response. There > are also some fringe benefits, like greater synergy with clojure.spec and a > kind of self-description effect (again, more relevant for larger APIs). > > I've also heard some library developers say they've adopted namespaced > keywords almost everywhere, so I guess I'm just wondering about where to > draw that line. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Clojure" group. > To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com > Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with > your first post. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Clojure" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your first post. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
