[Cuis-dev] Naming conventions

[giorgio ferraris]

Hello,
prefixes have a long story, in use also on  VisualSmalltalk or SmalltalkV
long, long time ago. Not having namespaces on many Smalltalk dialects makes
prefix the only (ugly) solution.
The resulting names are horrible, I personally dislike it a lot, but class'
names clashing is something that could easily happens.

ciao
giorgio



On Mon, Apr 27, 2020 at 5:34 PM Erik Stel via Cuis-dev <
cuis-dev at lists.cuis.st> wrote:

> Hi Ken,
>
> I think you just answered my question ;-).
>
> It can indeed be a Pharo ’thing’. In Pharo (default image) you have class
> names like ’ZnWebSocket’. It represents a WebSocket and comes from the
> ‘Zinc’ framework. I think it coexisted with WebSocket for some time (the
> later is no longer part of the default Pharo image). Also ‘MCPackage’ is a
> package from Monticello (the versioning system). A full name like
> ‘MonticelloPackage’ would have solved that issue of name conflict I suppose.
>
> Regards,
> Erik
>
>
> > On 27 Apr 2020, at 17:13, ken.dickey at whidbey.com wrote:
> >
> > On 2020-04-27 07:28, Erik Stel via Cuis-dev wrote:
> >> Hi,
> >> Short question:
> >> Also using Pharo, I’m used to creating classes with prefixed names
> >> because of possible name collisions. What is the Cuis take on these
> >> prefixes? I do not see any prefixes being used in the
> >> packages/features I’m using at the moment.
> >> Regards,
> >> Erik
> >
> > Examples?
> >
> > What is the context?
> >
> > Not being a Pharo user, I have no idea what you are talking about.
> >
> > Typically, one wants to use meaningful names in a way that orients one
> and makes code reads like sentences.
> >
> > Note that the base Cuis image typically has between 500 and 600
> classes.  The latest Pharo base image has over 9000 classes.  Perhaps the
> (pre)fix is for a Pharo problem..
> >
> > -KenD
> >
>
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