+1 for $void - sounds better +1 for $discard if we consider the 'standard' that already exists in the code
Thanks, Caty On Thu, Nov 10, 2011 at 14:16, Eduard Moraru <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > I was using $temp before Sergiu pointed to me that $discard is pretty much > the existing standard already used almost everywhere. There might be some > other places where something other than $discard is used, but I really see > no point in starting to use something else. If we'd start using something > else, we`d still be having at least 2 styles for at least 1-2 years since > nobody would be touching the old code. > > So I`m +1 on stabilizing to $discard. > > Thanks, > Eduard > > On Thu, Nov 10, 2011 at 11:02 AM, Thomas Mortagne < > [email protected] > > wrote: > > > On Thu, Nov 10, 2011 at 9:23 AM, Andreas Jonsson <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > 2011-11-10 08:05, Vincent Massol skrev: > > >> > > >> On Nov 10, 2011, at 7:34 AM, Sergiu Dumitriu wrote: > > >> > > >>> Hi devs, > > >>> > > >>> Some methods must be captured so that they don't create output when > > called from velocity, usually with something like: > > >>> > > >>> #set ($var = $obj.doSomething()) > > >>> > > >>> Where $var is a variable whose content isn't needed and won't be > used. > > And everyone seems to have his favorite name for it: $discard, $ok, > > $ignore... > > >>> > > >>> I'd like to have a single variable name, so that in the end we don't > > end up creating 5 different variables for the same goal. So, which one do > > you prefer: > > >>> > > >>> 1. $discard > > >>> 2. $discarded > > >>> 3. $ignore > > >>> 4. $ignored > > >>> 5. $ok > > >>> 6. $output > > >> > > >> We can also think of: > > >> > > >> 7. $dummy (I always use this one) > > >> 8. $unused > > > > > > How about: > > > > > > 9. $void > > > > +1, that's what I'm using usually too > > > > > > > > But I don't have a strong opion about this. > > > > > > > > >>> $ok is the shortest, thus easier to type, faster to parse, and > lighter > > on the total size of the wiki. > > >> > > >> The size is definitely a bad argument. Let's remove all comments > it'll > > slim down the wiki size… yeah! :) > > >> > > >> Faster to type is also not a good argument. Using meaningful variable > > names is better. > > >> > > >>> On the other hand, I prefer $discard since it's more meaningful, it > > conveys exactly what that line does: "$discard the output of this method > > call". > > >> > > >> They're all fine with me except $output. > > >> > > >> Thanks > > >> -Vincent > > >> > > >> _______________________________________________ > > >> devs mailing list > > >> [email protected] > > >> http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/devs > > >> > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > devs mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/devs > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Thomas Mortagne > > _______________________________________________ > > devs mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/devs > > > _______________________________________________ > devs mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/devs > _______________________________________________ devs mailing list [email protected] http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/devs
