[Vimperator] RFC: default namespace change

Daniel Bainton dpb at driftaway.org
Tue Mar 4 04:41:13 PST 2008


On 04/03/2008, Martin Stubenschrott <stubenschrott at gmx.net> wrote:
> Kipling Inscore wrote:
>
>  > As they're in javascript, can they use a shared dynamically linked
>  > library or equivalent?
>  > I suggest...liberator.
>
>
> liberator really sounds like a nifty idea. I especially like the idea
>  because it starts with "lib" like "library".
>
>  Actually every vimperator-like extension has starts with the name of a
>  program which it was inspired with, so:
>
>  vim[perator]
>  mutt[ator]
>
>  and now:
>
>  lib[erator] as it's indeed a library, and vimperator/muttator just makes
>  use of that library.
>
>
>  Should we go the YAHOO way of having that namespace name in ALL-CAPS or
>  in lowercase like we have now?
>
>  SO:
>
>  liberator.echo("foo")
>
>  or:
>
>  LIBERATOR.echo("foo")
>
>
>  I prefer the former as it's easier to write and easier on the eyes (an
>  ALL-CAPS name would be ok, if it had just 3-4 characters however).

lowercase sounds much better IMO.

--
Daniel


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