> -----Original Message----- > From: Niall Pemberton [mailto:niall.pember...@gmail.com] > Sent: Monday, October 11, 2010 16:30 > To: Commons Developers List > Subject: Re: Weird class names [WAS RE: [VOTE] Release Commons IO 2.0 based on > RC3] > > On Mon, Oct 11, 2010 at 8:37 PM, Matt Benson <gudnabr...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > On Oct 11, 2010, at 11:49 AM, Gary Gregory wrote: > > > >> Hi All: > >> > >> The more I think about it and read it, the more non-English and odd the > word "filesystem" feels to me. I would never write: 'Do this or that with the > filesystem.' It just sounds Dutch or German to me. That's what I get for > working with Dutch people :) > >> > > > > Speaking as a native American English speaker and confessed spelling/grammar > nazi, I would personally *prefer* to see the compound "filesystem" used > instead of "file system". I consider it to be simply one of those computing > terms that is no less correct for your spell checking software refusing to > recognize it. > > > > Thanks Matt for your opinion. > > Part of me thinks its a bit late in the day to raise this when its > been in svn for 2+ years. But then again, if more people agree with > Gary then I can cancel the release and rename them (I would probably > opt for FileItem, FileObserver, FileMonitor rather than > FileSystemItem, FileSystemObserver, FileSystemMonitor).
Your rename proposal is +1 from me ;) Gary > > Opinions welcome - either way :) > > Niall > > > $0.02, > > Matt > > > >> I am not the guardian of the English lanugage (and neither is Wikipedia), I > do not see compound nouns in English like as I do speakers of other languages > use them. > >> > >> About the Wikipedia entry: They do say "often also written as filesystem" > but so what? Wikipedia says a lot of things... > >> > >> I am kinda ranting on this one because I think names are very important. > >> > >> Gary > >> > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: Niall Pemberton [mailto:niall.pember...@gmail.com] > >> Sent: Monday, October 11, 2010 05:11 > >> To: Commons Developers List > >> Subject: Re: [VOTE] Release Commons IO 2.0 based on RC3 > >> > >> On Mon, Oct 11, 2010 at 3:58 AM, Gary Gregory > >> <ggreg...@seagullsoftware.com> wrote: > >>> I am looking around and I notice set of class names that are IMO > incorrectly camel-cased: Filesystem* should be FileSystem because "filesystem" > is not a word in English. > >> > >> Thats true but its often written as one - see wikipedia "A file system > >> (often also written as filesystem) is..." > >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File_system > >> > >> ...and I think it gives better emphasis that way. > >> > >> Also JCI was released with the same naming (which IO was initially > >> based on, before a complete refactoring): > >> > >> http://commons.apache.org/jci/apidocs/index.html > >> > >> Niall > >> > >> > >>> Gary Gregory > >>> > >>> > >>> -----Original Message----- > >>> From: Niall Pemberton [mailto:niall.pember...@gmail.com] > >>> Sent: Saturday, October 09, 2010 21:31 > >>> To: Commons Developers List > >>> Subject: [VOTE] Release Commons IO 2.0 based on RC3 > >>> > >>> I have prepared Commons IO 2.0 RC3. The main changes since RC2 are > >>> improvements to some tests which were causing intermittent failures in > >>> Gump & Continuum and JavaDoc improvements. For details about Continuum > >>> builds/failures, see: > >>> http://people.apache.org/~niallp/io-2.0/IOFailures.html > >>> > >>> The distro is here: > >>> http://people.apache.org/~niallp/io-2.0-rc3/ > >>> > >>> Release Notes: > >>> http://people.apache.org/~niallp/io-2.0-rc3/RELEASE-NOTES.txt > >>> > >>> Site: > >>> http://people.apache.org/~niallp/io-2.0-rc3/site/ > >>> > >>> Maven Stuff: > >>> http://people.apache.org/~niallp/io-2.0-rc3/maven/ > >>> > >>> Some Notes: > >>> > >>> * There is one error on the clirr report - which is a false positive > >>> (a generic method that is erased) > >>> http://people.apache.org/~niallp/io-2.0-rc3/site/clirr-report.html > >>> * Links to the JavaDoc versions on the site don't work (they will when > >>> its deployed to the right location) > >>> > >>> Thanks > >>> > >>> Niall > >> > >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org > >> For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@commons.apache.org > >> > >> > >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org > >> For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@commons.apache.org > >> > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org > > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@commons.apache.org > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@commons.apache.org --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@commons.apache.org
