+1 for $discard Thanks, Marius
On Thu, Nov 10, 2011 at 8:34 AM, Sergiu Dumitriu <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi devs, > > Some methods must be captured so that they don't create output when called > from velocity, usually with something like: > > #set ($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 > > $ok is the shortest, thus easier to type, faster to parse, and lighter on > the total size of the wiki. 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". > -- > Sergiu Dumitriu > http://purl.org/net/sergiu/ > _______________________________________________ > devs mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/devs > _______________________________________________ devs mailing list [email protected] http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/devs
