Dear Alexander, dear GAP forum,
it is ok to have short names but also consider that in software
engineering it is known
that variable and function names should be as descriptive as possible
(and at the same time not too long of course).
My intention is not to customize my personal use but to improve the
usability and code readability for everybody.
So I can't see any serious arguments against introducing the synonym
"IsRationalNumber" for now.
Best,
Jakob
Am 22.02.2012 23:13, schrieb Alexander Konovalov:
Dear Jakob, dear GAP Forum,
On 21 Feb 2012, at 19:04, kroeker wrote:
Dear GAP-developers,
I do not really like the function name "IsRat" for the check if an
object is a rational number
and suggest to introduce the synonym "IsRationalNumber" :
DeclareSynonym("IsRationalNumber",IsRat);
What is your opinion?
Jakob
GAP as a number of short names for such common categories like e.g.
`IsInt', `IsPosInt', `IsCyc',
`IsBool', `IsFFE', `IsChar', `IsPerm' etc., so to my mind `IsRat' fits
this naming scheme quite
well. These are used in many method installations and having compact
names is quite handy.
The page http://www.gap-system.org/Faq/Usage/usage1.html explains how
to customise GAP using the
.gaprc file, so if you prefer this synonym for your personal use, you
may add this line there.
Of course, any code using it will not work without this declaration.
Best wishes,
Alexander
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