From: "Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)" <yannick_duchene@yahoo.fr>
Subject: Re: Convention for naming of packages
Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2012 13:55:18 +0100
Date: 2012-02-15T13:55:18+01:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <op.v9p0ugprule2fv@douda-yannick> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 4f3ba604$0$7619$9b4e6d93@newsspool1.arcor-online.net
Le Wed, 15 Feb 2012 13:33:08 +0100, Georg Bauhaus
<rm.dash-bauhaus@futureapps.de> a écrit:
> On 15.02.12 12:43, Georg Bauhaus wrote:
>
>>> Font matters. We lack fonts with clear distinction between I and l as
>>> the ones
>>> we already have with clear distinction between 0 and O.
>>
>> Which one of the zeros is the empty set ∅, and which one
>> is Danish ø? :-)
>
> Darn, I forgot the diameter sign ⌀.
>
>> Motto: Don't use characters as symbols.
Even symbols may be ambiguous. No one should be afraid of that. By the
way, Unicode already provides some data on the different meanings of
similar glyphs, and it does not suggest I vs l (or i vs j with some fonts)
is the same as ∅ vs ø vs ⌀.
--
“Syntactic sugar causes cancer of the semi-colons.” [1]
“Structured Programming supports the law of the excluded muddle.” [1]
[1]: Epigrams on Programming — Alan J. — P. Yale University
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2012-02-09 21:10 Convention for naming of packages Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2012-02-09 21:39 ` Jeffrey Carter
2012-02-10 15:07 ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2012-02-10 17:04 ` Georg Bauhaus
2012-02-10 17:09 ` Georg Bauhaus
2012-02-10 17:41 ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2012-02-13 9:33 ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2012-02-11 0:56 ` Randy Brukardt
2012-02-13 3:09 ` BrianG
2012-02-10 17:21 ` Pascal Obry
2012-02-10 18:03 ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2012-02-11 1:06 ` Randy Brukardt
2012-02-11 9:22 ` Simon Wright
2012-02-11 10:17 ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2012-02-11 19:24 ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2012-02-11 20:06 ` Simon Wright
2012-02-12 9:18 ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2012-02-12 10:22 ` Simon Wright
2012-02-13 9:21 ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2012-02-12 19:53 ` J-P. Rosen
2012-02-12 21:19 ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2012-02-13 8:53 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2012-02-13 9:12 ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2012-02-13 11:03 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2012-02-13 11:57 ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2012-02-13 12:30 ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2012-02-13 13:07 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2012-02-13 14:01 ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2012-02-13 14:59 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2012-02-13 15:05 ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2012-02-13 15:23 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2012-02-14 21:02 ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2012-02-13 13:01 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2012-02-13 13:04 ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2012-02-13 13:19 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2012-02-13 14:20 ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2012-02-13 15:11 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2012-02-13 16:24 ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2012-02-13 17:19 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2012-02-13 18:10 ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2012-02-13 21:02 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2012-02-14 9:08 ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2012-02-14 13:33 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2012-02-14 14:40 ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2012-02-14 15:26 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2012-02-13 10:45 ` Georg Bauhaus
2012-02-13 10:59 ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2012-02-14 10:18 ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2012-02-14 11:51 ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2012-02-14 22:21 ` Manuel Collado
2012-02-15 4:09 ` Simon Wright
2012-02-15 6:13 ` Niklas Holsti
2012-02-15 11:26 ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2012-02-15 11:39 ` Georg Bauhaus
2012-02-15 11:47 ` Georg Bauhaus
2012-02-15 6:30 ` J-P. Rosen
2012-02-15 8:36 ` Simon Wright
2012-02-15 22:56 ` Robert A Duff
2012-02-15 11:27 ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2012-02-15 11:43 ` Georg Bauhaus
2012-02-15 12:33 ` Georg Bauhaus
2012-02-15 12:55 ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57) [this message]
2012-02-15 17:30 ` Georg Bauhaus
2012-02-09 22:33 ` Simon Wright
2012-02-09 22:35 ` J-P. Rosen
2012-02-10 14:38 ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2012-02-10 9:47 ` Mart van de Wege
2012-02-10 14:24 ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2012-02-13 3:02 ` BrianG
2012-02-10 12:19 ` Brian Drummond
2012-02-10 14:22 ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2012-02-10 19:16 ` Jeffrey Carter
2012-02-11 16:31 ` Martin Dowie
2012-02-16 17:44 ` Convention for naming of anything Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2012-02-17 19:46 ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2012-02-17 21:53 ` Manuel Collado
2012-02-17 22:12 ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2012-02-17 23:52 ` Adam Beneschan
2012-02-18 0:24 ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2012-02-18 0:50 ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2012-02-18 22:53 ` BrianG
2012-02-19 11:16 ` Simon Wright
2012-03-06 0:36 ` Randy Brukardt
2012-02-18 11:32 ` Georg Bauhaus
2012-02-18 13:02 ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2012-02-19 18:07 ` Phil Clayton
2012-02-19 21:53 ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2012-02-20 0:21 ` Phil Clayton
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