Am 29.01.2013 um 16:57 schrieb Stéphane Ducasse <[email protected]>:

> Hi guys
> 
> I spend my time recategorizing methods. 
> 
> I would like the change the intention of 'as yet unclassified' because this 
> is a PLAGUE.
> It is like throwing papers on the floor.
> So we should have a different name to indicate that it should be fixed.
> 
> 
> Any ideas?
> 
> 'you are a dirty programmer - change me'
> 

To be honest I have problems understanding why method categorization is so 
important. Often I don't care a single bit about categories because I don't 
understand them. I often categorize just to make lint happy :) 
What is the use? Declaring usage patterns? Declaring visibility? Use as method 
extensions marker? anything you like just classify? I can understand that it 
can help making the access of certain methods of a class easier. But that is 
particular true for classes with a lot of methods. Most of the classes are 
rather small. In most of my own developments I would consider most huge classes 
a design problem in my code. So I would try to fix that.
And finally it is not easy to learn about them because the browser is not 
helping. If you browse through the methods of a class the category pane doesn't 
get updated. So even if I want to learn by getting used to them it is hard.

I would make the none categorized term weaker by naming it "uncategorizied" so 
at least I have the change to deliberately not categorizing my methods without 
being annoyed by someones opinion about what is essential.

my 2 cents,

Norbert

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