Those look clearly better than the previous suggestions to me. +1. I think 'bytelist' is more correct than 'byteslist'. It's a list of 'byte's rather than a list of 'bytes'es. Which isn't particularly convincing... Maybe the fact that we say "chicken farm" instead of "chickens farm" is better? I think this is a specifically English convention for pluralization that's different in many other languages.
On 11/3/07, Nick Coghlan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Guido van Rossum wrote: > > On 11/3/07, Jim Jewett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> On 11/3/07, Guido van Rossum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>> I'd love a better term. It seems we could use several new names: > >>> 1. a new name for what PEP 3137 calls buffer > >> ByteBuffer > > > > Fails the rule that built-in types have all-lowercase names. I've been > > thinking to call it bytesbuffer or bytes_buffer though. > > bytelist or byteslist? (It combines the mutable nature of a list with > the other characteristics of the bytes type, after all) > > >>> 2. a new name for the union of bytes and buffer (*) > >> ByteSequence > > > > That could work, it's an ABC after all (to be imported from collections). > > ByteSequence works for me (I believe it has been suggested at least once > before) > > >>> 3. a new name for all types supporting the "buffer API" > >> buffer > > > > Another ABC, so should have a CamelCase name. Also, we probably > > shouldn't use plain, unadorned "buffer" or "Buffer" for any of these > > -- it has too many meanings. Also "buffer" is a popular variable name > > (much more so than bytes). > > BinaryData? When using the enhanced buffer API, an object may be > exposing binary data formatted in the specified format rather than just > basic bytes. > > So the 'buffer API' would become the 'binary data API', and in cases > where it mattered (such as the constructors for binary data types like > array.array) the binary data interface would take precedence over the > iterable interface. Coming from a comms background where "buffer" means > "FIFO queue" most of the time, it would also be a lot more intuitive. > > Cheers, > Nick. > > -- > Nick Coghlan | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Brisbane, Australia > --------------------------------------------------------------- > http://www.boredomandlaziness.org > _______________________________________________ > Python-3000 mailing list > Python-3000@python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-3000 > Unsubscribe: > http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-3000/jyasskin%40gmail.com > -- Namasté, Jeffrey Yasskin http://jeffrey.yasskin.info/ "Religion is an improper response to the Divine." — "Skinny Legs and All", by Tom Robbins _______________________________________________ Python-3000 mailing list Python-3000@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-3000 Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-3000/archive%40mail-archive.com
