On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 8:20 AM, Edward K. Ream <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On Tue, Mar 10, 2009 at 3:48 PM, Ville M. Vainio <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Perhaps this would be the time to move my 'select()' proposal forward: >> >> >> http://groups.google.com/group/leo-editor/browse_thread/thread/d8362a15c05697ff >> >> The code is already done, all it needs is adding c.find_h() to controller. >> >> So basically, you would find nodes by: >> >> c.find_h('Gui wrap.*').select(".*Qt").select('Font') >> >> I can add it to trunk if it's ok for Edward / others. > > Please go ahead. >> >> >> Let's avoid function names like findNodeAnywhere_iter... they are an >> absolute nightmare to remember. > > I am not so sure. I do think this is an important topic. > > As I get older, my memory for certain kinds of things has suffered. In > particular, I don't "see" the difference between a_b and aB unless I pay > attention, and even then it's hard to remember. OTOH, my memory for > generalities ( things based on principles) seems pretty much as it has > always been. > > So I find it easy to remember the names of all the iterators (they follow a > common pattern), and if I'm not sure, I use typing completion. > > As I write this, I wonder whether the name c.find_iter() might be a better > clue. It doesn't actually return a proper iter, but does that matter? In > other words, find_h doesn't fit a pattern, so it's not going to so easy (for > me) to remember. > > Comments?
I interpreted find_h as establishing a new family of functions. ... Ah, I just updated the thread with Edward's latest comment, he said better and sooner what I was writing. > > Edward > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "leo-editor" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/leo-editor?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
