Maciej Stachowiak wrote:
On Jul 2, 2007, at 3:50 PM, Charles McCathieNevile wrote:
On Mon, 02 Jul 2007 20:17:40 +0200, Doug Schepers
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Hi-
Maciej Stachowiak wrote:
I don't have a strong objection either way, but I think the case
against Lachy's original names (selectElement, etc) has been laid
out more clearly than the case against cssQuery. I think
selectorQuery (as suggested in follow-ups) would also be ok.
I think that the chief problem with cssQuery*() for me is that it is
rather confusing. Such a name would indicate functionality related
to CSS (that is, something presentational or style-oriented), rather
than the accident of a historical relationship. It totally fails the
criteria of being functionally descriptive, which selectElement()
meets (other merits notwithstanding); this is a point on which I
think we can build consensus and compromise (and hopefully a speedy
resolution).
Similarly, with selectorQuery() (which is better), you lose the verby
"action word" of the existing naming convention (getAByB);
selectorQuery sounds more like a property than a method.
Frankly, I'm not a fan of any of the present crop of names, but in
the interest of keeping forward momentum, I least object to what we
currently have, selectElement*().
Thank you Doug for so eloquently stating the details of my objection.
As it happens, I agree with you that I would rather move forward with
the consensus on selectElement*, if we establish that, than keep
chasing round for new names.
I really think the confusability of this with
selectNodes/selectSingleNode is a significant problem. matchSelector or
querySelector doesn't have this problem, and also doesn't have the
problems of cssQuery (slightly inaccurate mention of css, doesn't sound
like a verb phrase).
But I won't stand in the way of an editorial decision on this one.
Same feelings here. Except that IMHO matchSelector sounds like something
that would return a bool indicating if an element matches the given
selector.
So querySelector is the one I like the most so far (except for
getElementsBySelector, but I'm not even going to suggest that one :) )
/ Jonas
