> -----Original Message----- > From: mfncoo...@gmail.com [mailto:mfncoo...@gmail.com] On Behalf Of Martin > Cooper > Sent: Monday, October 11, 2010 19:42 > 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 9:49 AM, Gary Gregory > <ggreg...@seagullsoftware.com> 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 :) > > > > I'm with Gary on this. Not only would I not write the above, I - and > most other people I know - don't speak that way either. We speak as if > they are the two words that they are. It's a file system, just like a > video system or a stereo system, or some other kind of system.
I am happy to make these changes. For example, simply option (1): FilesystemEntry -> FileSystemEntry FilesystemListener -> FileSystemListener FilesystemListenerAdaptor -> FileSystemListenerAdaptor FilesystemMonitor -> FileSystemMonitor FilesystemObserver -> FileSystemObserver Or option (2), as suggested by Nial: FilesystemEntry -> FileItem FilesystemListener -> FileSystemListener FilesystemListenerAdaptor -> FileSystemListenerAdaptor FilesystemMonitor -> FileMonitor FilesystemObserver -> FileObserver Gary > > -- > Martin Cooper > > > > 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
