Re: Interface naming conventions (was: Testing and Test Driver)

Probably stating the obvious but - it sounds like the re-naming discussion should be high on our priority list. It obviously does not have a massive impact on the technology in the long run, but the pushback to such changes will only grow with time.

Witness the discussion back in May about changing noteOn and noteOff to start and stop, and Chris' worry about all the code already using the "old" names. 

Olivier

On 19 Jul 2012, at 14:42, Marcus Geelnard wrote:

> Den 2012-07-19 10:26:54 skrev Stuart Memo <stuartmemo@gmail.com>:
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>>> * I sincerely hope that several of the interfaces will change (method
>>> names etc), which means that trivial interface tests are likely to have to be rewritten at least once.
>> 
>> Probably a question for a separate thread, but what interfaces/method names are you particularly unhappy with? Is this a concern shared by others?
> 
> Granted, it's perhaps more of a personal reflection. However, we (Opera) have filed a few bugs on the subject before, and judging from discussions on the mailing list, others feel similarly from what I can tell. E.g.:
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> * https://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=17348 (duplicated by https://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=17494)
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> * https://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=17334
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> * https://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=17344
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> * https://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=17407
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> * https://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=18332
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> /Marcus
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> Marcus Geelnard
> Core Graphics Developer
> Opera Software ASA
>