On Sat, Dec 07, 2013 at 10:22:37AM -0800, ZyX wrote: > > forgive my banality, but by any chance is there an extra 's' in the > > subject of this email? > > Function was named in such a way because vim.foo objects are normally defined > with Foo* functions and vim.options is named vim.options and not vim.option > because it grants access to the number of options (including possibility to > iterate over them if one of my recent patches is applied) and not to a single > one. So there is no extra “s”. > > “Ass” is an abbreviation to “Assign”. Using “Ass” is a compromise between > length and readability: “A” sounds like an article, “As” is a used > preposition (e.g. in OptionsAsMapping), “Assi” ends with a vowel letter and > is already too lengthy. No extra “s” as well. > Also if you want to issue error when there is invalid assignment you could use BadAssError.
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