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The original was posted on /r/ProgrammerHumor by /u/polytopelover on 2024-05-26 21:23:20+00:00.
First one are method name, second one are status name.
def open_file_dialog(self): self.dialog_file_open = True passYoda level preference war.
I tend to add is to booleans toreally differentiate between a method name and a status.
def open_file_dialog(self): self.dialog_file_is_open = True passThat way, it’s easier for my dumb brain to spot which is which at a glance.
is_dialog_file_open
fite me
No fiting. IS always goes at the start of names for booleans you are correct
that works for 2 word names eg is_open or is_file, but in this case is_dialog_file_open is structured like a question, while dialog_file_is_open is structured like a statement
Doesn’t matter, the point is that, if it starts with “is” then you automatically know it’s a boolean.
There is a reason why little endian is preferred in virtually 100% of cases: sorting. Mentally or lexicographically, having the most important piece of information first will allow the correct item be found the fastest, or allow it to be discounted/ignored the quickest.
That’s actually filtering not sorting.
That being said, it’s more valuable (to me) to be able to find all my things for a topic quickly rather than type.
Foo_dialog
Foo_action
Foo_map
Bar_dialog
Bar_action
Bar_map
Is superior IMHO.
If you are looking for
Bar, it is highly likely that you are already looking specifically for a particular functionality - say, theaction- forBar. As such, it is irrelevant which method you use, both will get you to the function you need.Conversely, while it is likely you will want to look up all items that implement a particular functionality, it is much less likely you are going to ever need a complete listing of all functionality that an item employs; you will be targeting only one functionality for that item and will have that one functionality as the primary and concrete focus. Ergo, functionality comes first, followed by what item has that functionality.
But also, sorting big endian automatically groups elements associated with common functions making search, completions, and snippets easier (if you use them). I’m torn
I was going to write something like this. You actually wrote about semantic order, but syntactically it is as much important e.g. it is easier to sort dates such as 2024-05-27 than 27.05.2024 in chronological order.
I’m truly torn with this. The first one seems sensible (action -> target) and easier to read and reason about (especially with long names), while the other one looks more organized, naturally sortable and works great with any autocompletion system.
We need a new framework, one that allows universal lookup, and makes life easier
x = _.dialog.file.open y = _.open.file.dialog z = _.file.open.dialog a = _.file.dialog.openOnce done, the formatter simply changes everything to
_.open.file.dialogLet’s get this done JS peeps
\s
Insert xkcd about 15th format
Not a programmer, but I’d prefer right naming convention because sorting
I am a programmer, and i also like the naming scheme on the right
Especially for things like filenames
Also a programmer and think method names would be conducive using little endian.
TopicGet() TopicCreate() TopicDelete()Writing this I realize we do this implicitly in some instances.
http.Get() -> httpGet() http.Post() -> httpPost()
Can’t remember which is which but if it’s organized in a top-down way (broad category first) that’s just easier to look at and find stuff in the file system. I don’t want to have to actually read and mentally process the names of every single file to figure out if it’s the one I need. Sure, the “human readable” names are fine and good when you don’t have hundreds of them you’re trying to look through, but big projects I find are way easier to parse with the category naming.
How any large organization gets away with not using YYYY-MM-DD format is beyond me.
Taking over some of my previous directors files is like chaos.
How anybody publishing entire internet memos without a date being on the first page is beyond me. Like wtf am I reading a PDF from 15 years ago or last month?
US Army logistics catalogs are organized this way. “Cookies, oatmeal” instead of “Oatmeal cookies” because it’s a lot easier to find what you need an a giant alphabetical list.
I do one, the other senior dev does the other. We fight about it in pull requests.
Your team needs to have a coding standards meeting where you can describe the pros and cons of each approach. You guys shouldn’t be wasting time during PR reviews on the same argument. When that happens to me, it just feels like such a waste of time.
Preachin to the choir, friend. I’d get worked up about it but I’m paid the same regardless of how upset I get.
Where’s
file_dialogue_openWe’re all trying our best to ignore the Americans and you bring up m/d/y… why!
This is the real big-endian way. So your things line-up when you have all of these:
file_dialogue_open file_dialogue_close file_dropdown_open file_rename directory_removeIf I were designing a natural language, I’d put adjectives after the nouns, so you start with the important things first:
car big red
instead of
big red car
If I were designing a natural language, I’d put adjectives after the nouns, so you start with the important things first
So - French?
The thing is that in French, Spanish, etc. it still makes sense if you put the adjective before the noun, even if it might sound weird in some cases. An adjective is an adjective and a noun is a noun.
But English is positional. Where you put a word gives it its function. So “red car” and “car red” mean different things.
dialog_file_open_dialog I prefer big.LITTLE cpus
I know I’m late to this but here’s my (probably insane?) take. We use Subject-Verb-Object in English right? So, hear me out:
dialog_create_tab(...) dialog_open_file(...) dialog_close_file(...)I just name my variables a, b, c etc. If I have more than 26 variables in any given function, I name them aa, ab, ac, etc.
you’re on a highway to hell.
Both:
dialog_error = Dialog_plain.create_modal(error_text)Variable and class names go from more general to more particular, functions begin with a verb.
Global functions are either “main”, or start with one of “debug”, “todo”, or “shit”.
I worked at a place where all the DB column names were like
id_user,id_project. I hated it.I didn’t really care about this thread until I read this comment.
Whatever is more useful goes first.
For example, if this we’re a list of UI text strings, finding all of the dialogue options together might be useful.
If, instead, this is a series of variables already around one dialogue, then finding the open or close bits together would be useful.
Powershell has a lint warning for functions that don’t follow Verb-Noun format, and verbs here are a list of approved verbs lol
First of all, it’s spelled dialogue
Two wars can exist simultaneously.
OP’s username is in German, so it’s probably half-German-English code
Germans learn UK English
Dialogue is UK English. But I just looked it up and apparently ‘dialog’ is a computer term, but should not be used on its own but rather in combination, such as ‘dialog box’.
Americans sadly got there first and defined all the computer terms, that’s why it’s a TV programme but a computer program. I can deal with that though, helps distinguish computer things from real things!
Create a file handler class to avoid the issue
Eww, that’s OOP
