[PD] "get" method for Pd

Hans-Christoph Steiner hans at at.or.at
Mon Nov 21 22:25:21 CET 2011


On Monday, November 21, 2011 3:02 PM, "Mathieu Bouchard"
<matju at artengine.ca> wrote:
> Le 2011-11-21 à 12:58:00, IOhannes m zmoelnig a écrit :
> > while i'm all for "one objectclass per functionality", and for
> > establishing a single idiom (at least, per "objectclass family") - and
> > thus think i'm with hans also, i still don't see any point in
> > "masquerading as a single class".
> > what makes the name [list foo] any better than [listfoo]?
> 
> It's a form of namespacing.
> 
> Ask Hans what makes the name ::pdtk_canvas::pdtk_canvas_popup any better 
> than just pdtk_canvas_popup... I don't get it either, and on top of that, 
> I don't get the point of the the repetitive repetition of of pdtk_canvas 
> pdtk_canvas.

pdtk_canvas is the new namespace, and pdtk_canvas_popup is the legacy
name.  Remember, part of the mandate of the pd-gui rewrite was not
changing the C code.  Therefore not everything could be renamed.

.hc
 
> > objects with "proper" names - that don't involve "mummmers" - can still
> > share the same help-patch (if needed).
> 
> (What are you talking about ?)
> 
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