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Re: [geometry] Replace 'By' with 'This'

From: Dirk Schulze <dschulze@adobe.com>
Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2014 11:03:19 +0000
To: Rik Cabanier <cabanier@gmail.com>
CC: "public-fx@w3.org" <public-fx@w3.org>
Message-ID: <D86D3321-23FD-4217-B389-BD37DB355D5D@adobe.com>

On Jun 10, 2014, at 12:51 AM, Rik Cabanier <cabanier@gmail.com> wrote:

> All,
> 
> during the discussion with mozilla, people also thought that the 'by' methods are very confusing (ie translateBy, scaleBy, rotateFromVectorBy)
> Roc suggested that we should replace it with 'This' so it's more clear that the matrix operation is done in place.

*This sounds a bit strange but is indeed more expressive. I am fine with the name change. An alternative could be *Self.

Greetings,
Dirk

> 
> Thoughts?
Received on Tuesday, 10 June 2014 11:04:02 UTC

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