I concur, "util" is one of the ones that I would definitely avoid. It sounds like somewhere that you would just put code that you couldn't rightly stick anywhere else.
I like the sound of both "prime" and "platform". On Wed, Apr 24, 2013 at 11:48 PM, Andres Osinski <[email protected]>wrote: > If I may comment on "util", the problem is that it has been (in my > experience) a catch-all for some common miscellaneous functionality that > may be used to tie strings together in a project (error formatters, > special strin g manipulation functions, helpers, etc). I don't believe that > most of the functionality in current std classifies as such. For examples > of this, check out the "util" namespaces in Java and Python projects; the > current std is far more focused and useful for general use cases. > > > On Thu, Apr 25, 2013 at 12:42 AM, Lindsey Kuper <[email protected]>wrote: > >> On Wed, Apr 24, 2013 at 6:58 PM, Graydon Hoare <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> > Agreed. This packaging will be of a sort that _does_ represent a level >> > of support from the language maintainers, version-to-version. So ... >> > absent other suggestions I will return to my preferred passtime of >> > thesaurus hunting: >> > >> > - Common >> > - Platform >> > - Staple >> > - Stock >> > - Supported >> > - Base >> > - Basis >> > - Usual >> > - Normal >> > - Favored >> > - Selected >> > - Endorsed >> > - Chosen >> > - Prime >> >> Are these synonyms for "standard"? >> >> Since `core` is being renamed to `std` (correct?), we'd want the new >> name of `std` to convey "supported, but not as essential as what's in >> `std`", right? >> >> Lindsey >> _______________________________________________ >> Rust-dev mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://mail.mozilla.org/listinfo/rust-dev >> > > > > -- > Andrés Osinski > http://www.andresosinski.com.ar/ > > _______________________________________________ > Rust-dev mailing list > [email protected] > https://mail.mozilla.org/listinfo/rust-dev > >
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