- From: Garrett Smith <dhtmlkitchen@gmail.com>
- Date: Mon, 17 Aug 2015 08:26:28 -0700
- To: Anne van Kesteren <annevk@annevk.nl>
- Cc: public-script-coord <public-script-coord@w3.org>
On 8/17/15, Anne van Kesteren <annevk@annevk.nl> wrote:
> For the URL API we're considering introducing comparison methods. That
> take two strings and some options, and then return whether they're
> equal or not given those options.
>
> URLs frequently want to be compared while ignoring the fragment identifier.
>
> Hosts sometimes need to be compared without the trailing dot. Suggested
> API:
>
> URL.is(url1, url2, { excludeHash: true })
> URL.hostIs(host1, host2, { excludeTrailingDot: true })
>
> (Typing it out I notice it is somewhat unfortunate about I and l not
> being distinguishable much, but getElementById() already has that
> problem.)
>
>
So do document.writeln and System.out.println.
It is preferable to put the boolean indicator "is", "are", "can",
"has", etc in the beginning of the function's name, and not at the
end. For example: areEqual, isEqual, areComparable, areSame, etc.
--
Garrett
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Received on Monday, 17 August 2015 15:26:56 UTC