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From: Robert A Duff <bobduff@world.std.com>
Subject: Re: Naming of Tagged Types and Associated Packages
Date: 1998/08/13
Date: 1998-08-13T00:00:00+00:00	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <wccbtpowlwr.fsf@world.std.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 6qnbms$ld7$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com

doylep@ecf.toronto.edu writes:

> Yes, that's the same reason I am usually too afraid to venture into c.l.a. 
> :-)

I wish we could all discuss the advantages and disadvantages of specific
features of programming languages, without getting into the "My Language
is better than Your Language" mode.

Oh, well.

> The Eiffel convention is to use uppercase for class names and lowercase for
> feature names.  Does this fit the bill?  Some compilers won't even accept
> source code that does not follow this convention, so other programmers not
> conforming is not an issue.

The "some compilers" above introduces another point: Shouldn't the
language standard specify one way or the other?!

> > Obviously, people are free to have different opinions, and I wouldn't want
> > to start another Eiffel/Ada flamefest, so I generally avoid posting my
> > opinion on the Eiffel ng.
> 
> That's probably the safest thing to do.  :-)

Sigh.  ;-)

- Bob
-- 
Change robert to bob to get my real email address.  Sorry.




  parent reply	other threads:[~1998-08-13  0:00 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 138+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
1998-07-16  0:00 Naming of Tagged Types and Associated Packages taashlo
1998-07-25  0:00 ` Matthew Heaney
1998-07-25  0:00   ` Jean-Pierre Rosen
1998-07-25  0:00     ` Brian Rogoff
1998-07-26  0:00       ` Matthew Heaney
1998-07-26  0:00     ` Matthew Heaney
1998-07-26  0:00       ` nabbasi
1998-07-26  0:00         ` Robert Dewar
1998-07-26  0:00         ` Matthew Heaney
1998-07-27  0:00       ` dennison
1998-07-27  0:00         ` Stephen Leake
1998-07-27  0:00           ` dennison
1998-07-27  0:00             ` Brian Rogoff
1998-07-28  0:00               ` dennison
1998-07-28  0:00                 ` Brian Rogoff
1998-07-28  0:00                   ` dennison
1998-07-29  0:00                     ` Matthew Heaney
1998-07-29  0:00                       ` Chris Brand
1998-07-30  0:00                         ` Matthew Heaney
1998-07-30  0:00                           ` dennison
1998-07-30  0:00                             ` Matthew Heaney
1998-07-30  0:00                               ` dennison
1998-08-01  0:00                           ` Simon Wright
1998-08-02  0:00                             ` Matthew Heaney
1998-08-03  0:00                               ` dennison
1998-08-03  0:00                                 ` Matthew Heaney
1998-08-04  0:00                                   ` dennison
1998-08-04  0:00                               ` Jean-Pierre Rosen
1998-08-04  0:00                                 ` Brian Rogoff
1998-08-05  0:00                               ` Don Harrison
1998-08-05  0:00                                 ` Matthew Heaney
1998-08-07  0:00                                   ` Don Harrison
1998-08-13  0:00                                     ` Robert A Duff
1998-08-14  0:00                                       ` adam
1998-08-14  0:00                                       ` Don Harrison
1998-08-05  0:00                                 ` Brian Rogoff
1998-08-07  0:00                                   ` Don Harrison
1998-08-07  0:00                                   ` doylep
1998-08-07  0:00                                     ` Brian Rogoff
1998-08-08  0:00                                       ` Matthew Heaney
1998-08-10  0:00                                       ` doylep
1998-08-10  0:00                                         ` Brian Rogoff
1998-08-10  0:00                                           ` John Volan
1998-08-10  0:00                                           ` John Volan
1998-08-11  0:00                                           ` doylep
1998-08-11  0:00                                             ` Brian Rogoff
1998-08-13  0:00                                               ` Robert A Duff
1998-08-13  0:00                                                 ` Brian Rogoff
1998-09-01  0:00                                                 ` Matthew Heaney
1998-09-01  0:00                                                   ` Dale Stanbrough
1998-09-01  0:00                                                     ` Matthew Heaney
1998-09-01  0:00                                                       ` Bob Collins
1998-09-02  0:00                                                         ` Matthew Heaney
1998-09-04  0:00                                                       ` John G. Volan
1998-08-11  0:00                                         ` Don Harrison
1998-08-11  0:00                                           ` Pat Rogers
1998-08-11  0:00                                             ` Don Harrison
1998-09-01  0:00                                               ` Matthew Heaney
1998-08-13  0:00                                         ` Robert A Duff [this message]
1998-08-13  0:00                                           ` Brian Rogoff
1998-08-15  0:00                                             ` Don Harrison
1998-08-15  0:00                                               ` Jean-Pierre Rosen
1998-08-18  0:00                                                 ` Don Harrison
1998-08-14  0:00                                           ` Don Harrison
1998-08-17  0:00                                             ` doylep
1998-08-19  0:00                                               ` Don Harrison
1998-08-12  0:00                                       ` Don Harrison
1998-08-08  0:00                                     ` Matthew Heaney
1998-08-08  0:00                                       ` John G. Volan
1998-08-09  0:00                                         ` Matthew Heaney
1998-08-10  0:00                                           ` John G. Volan
1998-08-11  0:00                                             ` John Volan
1998-08-11  0:00                                             ` Don Harrison
1998-08-11  0:00                                               ` geoff
1998-08-31  0:00                                             ` Matthew Heaney
1998-08-31  0:00                                               ` Tucker Taft
1998-09-06  0:00                                                 ` John G. Volan
1998-09-06  0:00                                                   ` Matthew Heaney
1998-09-04  0:00                                               ` John G. Volan
1998-09-05  0:00                                                 ` Matthew Heaney
1998-09-05  0:00                                                   ` John G. Volan
1998-09-04  0:00                                               ` John G. Volan
1998-09-06  0:00                                                 ` Matthew Heaney
1998-09-06  0:00                                                   ` John G. Volan
1998-09-06  0:00                                                     ` Brian Rogoff
1998-09-06  0:00                                                       ` John G. Volan
1998-09-07  0:00                                                         ` Brian Rogoff
1998-09-07  0:00                                                           ` John G. Volan
1998-09-16  0:00                                                             ` Matthew Heaney
1998-09-06  0:00                                                   ` John G. Volan
1998-09-04  0:00                                               ` John G. Volan
1998-09-05  0:00                                                 ` John G. Volan
1998-09-06  0:00                                                   ` Matthew Heaney
1998-09-06  0:00                                                 ` Matthew Heaney
1998-09-05  0:00                                               ` John G. Volan
1998-09-05  0:00                                               ` John G. Volan
1998-08-11  0:00                                       ` doylep
1998-08-05  0:00                           ` Static Polymorphism (Was Re: Naming of Tagged Types...) Brian Rogoff
1998-08-06  0:00                             ` Matthew Heaney
1998-08-06  0:00                               ` Brian Rogoff
1998-07-28  0:00                   ` Naming of Tagged Types and Associated Packages Brian Rogoff
1998-07-29  0:00                     ` Matthew Heaney
1998-07-29  0:00                       ` Brian Rogoff
1998-07-28  0:00             ` Norman H. Cohen
1998-07-28  0:00               ` Stephen Leake
1998-07-28  0:00               ` Matthew Heaney
1998-07-28  0:00         ` Matthew Heaney
1998-07-28  0:00           ` Jean-Pierre Rosen
1998-07-28  0:00             ` Matthew Heaney
1998-07-28  0:00               ` dennison
1998-07-29  0:00                 ` Matthew Heaney
1998-07-30  0:00                 ` Robert Dewar
1998-07-30  0:00                   ` Matthew Heaney
1998-08-06  0:00         ` Robert A Duff
1998-08-06  0:00           ` Matthew Heaney
1998-08-06  0:00             ` Tucker Taft
1998-08-31  0:00               ` Matthew Heaney
1998-07-27  0:00       ` Jean-Pierre Rosen
1998-07-28  0:00         ` Matthew Heaney
1998-07-28  0:00           ` Jean-Pierre Rosen
1998-07-28  0:00             ` dennison
1998-07-29  0:00               ` Jean-Pierre Rosen
1998-07-29  0:00                 ` dennison
1998-07-29  0:00                   ` Jean-Pierre Rosen
1998-07-30  0:00                     ` dennison
1998-07-30  0:00                       ` Jean-Pierre Rosen
1998-07-29  0:00         ` Robert I. Eachus
1998-07-30  0:00           ` Matthew Heaney
1998-07-30  0:00           ` Jean-Pierre Rosen
1998-07-30  0:00             ` Robert I. Eachus
1998-07-31  0:00               ` Jean-Pierre Rosen
1998-07-31  0:00                 ` Robert I. Eachus
1998-08-01  0:00                   ` Jean-Pierre Rosen
1998-08-04  0:00                     ` Matthew Heaney
1998-08-04  0:00                       ` Jean-Pierre Rosen
1998-08-10  0:00                         ` Robert I. Eachus
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
1998-07-26  0:00 tmoran
1998-07-27  0:00 ` dennison
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