10 Nov
2011
10 Nov
'11
9:13 a.m.
On Thu, Nov 10, 2011 at 8:34 AM, Sergiu Dumitriu <sergiu(a)xwiki.com> wrote:
Hi devs,
Some methods must be captured so that they don't create output when called
from velocity, usually with something like:
#set ($var = $obj.doSomething())
Where $var is a variable whose content isn't needed and won't be used. And
everyone seems to have his favorite name for it: $discard, $ok, $ignore...
I'd like to have a single variable name, so that in the end we don't end
up creating 5 different variables for the same goal. So, which one do you
prefer:
1. $discard
2. $discarded
3. $ignore
4. $ignored
5. $ok
6. $output
+1 for $discard or $dummy.
$ok and $output are really bad imo. They are too generic and don't explain
the fact that the output is not used later on.
Thanks,
Florin Ciubotaru
$ok is the shortest, thus easier to type, faster to parse, and lighter on
the total size of the wiki. On the other hand, I prefer $discard since it's
more meaningful, it conveys exactly what that line does: "$discard the
output of this method call".
--
Sergiu Dumitriu
http://purl.org/net/sergiu/
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