Questions tagged [naming]
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What is a Function that Creates Functions Called?
Let's say I have the following function (in JavaScript, for sake of example):
function foo() {
var bar = function () {return 'lol';}
return bar;
}
This function returns other functions. I had ...
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Is this a misuse of locales (internal config name)?
I have a situation where a given object is named, but there are multiple formats that are reasonable for that name.
internal: fully qualified
human-readable: translatable name, meant to be used in ...
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Qt Naming Schemes for returns of boolean member variables: enabled(); vs isEnabled(); ?
In building my classes, I have noticed that I have not been very consistent about naming my boolean returns. In Qt; I notice that many of their classes use the is prefix, but checking their coding ...
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Name of the operation where whole table is put in array format
Consider this data struture:
key1 : value1
key2 : value2
key3 : value3
I have an operation that put this data in array format:
key1, value1, key2, value2, key3, value3
Which would the the name of ...
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How to name functions which continue a process after an asynchronous step
Say that you have an web application which prints pages in a document. Suppose that after validating the page range, the application does the following:
If a billing option is turned on, it first ...
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What to name package and their facade classes?
I'm using a some C++ Facade classes like this:
Suppose that there is package named "SubSystem" with a lot of classes inside, like in the picture above.
I cannot name the package of the facade ...
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Is it bad practice to give a directory and a file the same name?
I have a program that produces a command line tool called GetFood. The source code lives in a directory named GetFood/, and I have a main file that interacts with a class that gets the food. It seems ...
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Class names with Verbs
So I am reading Clean Code. In the Meaningful Names chapter, they lay down a rule of no verbs in class names. However in the Adding Meaningful Context section of that chapter, on page 29, he uses a ...
