On 1 April 2012 05:49, Olivier Grisel <[email protected]> wrote:
> Le 31 mars 2012 18:46, Mathieu Blondel <[email protected]> a écrit :
> >
> > On Sun, Apr 1, 2012 at 12:38 AM, Andreas <[email protected]>
> wrote:
> >>
> >> Hi everybody.
> >> Lars pointed out to me in my PR on factor analysis,
> >> the class should be called FactorAnalyzer to be consistent
> >> with the naming conventions.
> >
> >
> > We should be careful of not creating our own terminology. Factor
> analysis is
> > a well known algorithm, hence I prefer "FactorAnalysis".
>
> I would tend to agree with Mathieu here.
>
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I also agree with Mathieu. These algorithms have been named, and those
names generally highlight that it does something.
In cases where it is ambiguous, I would be happy for a "er" convention,
however if the algorithm is sufficiently named, stick with that.
- Robert
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