On 6/21/05, Michael Urman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Go for the singular form, whether prop or property. > > label.property.text = 'Caption' reads better than > label.properties.text = 'Caption'
I disagree. Although "label - property - text" makes sense on a basic level because we are getting a "property" named "text", it doesn't fit the way my brain things about objects and attributes in python. Specifically, I think that label.properties makes more sense because "properties" is effectively an object holding GObject attributes. It should only be called "property" if it only holds one property at a time. Thus, the get_property() method name makes sense for a method to get a single property, but "properties" strikes me as the better name to use for an object that lets me reference all GObject properties. As an native English speaker, I prefer to type "props", but I also have no problem typing properties and I think those who prefer this nomenclature have made reasonable arguments for using standard English here. Tom _______________________________________________ pygtk mailing list [email protected] http://www.daa.com.au/mailman/listinfo/pygtk Read the PyGTK FAQ: http://www.async.com.br/faq/pygtk/
