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I've had the opposite complaints on my similar but verbose library. Some want short names and some want full explicit names. I'm not sure which way is more pop

I've had the opposite complaints on my similar but verbose library. Some want short names and some want full explicit names. I'm not sure which way is more popular. Paul Graham has mentioned in several essays how programmers are lazy and want to type the minimum number of characters possible. On the other hand Elon Musk has loudly complained about acronyms and contractions. In the end you can't please everyone, so the developer just has to pick a style and go with it. If you dislike the short names, it's easy enough to put a comment above the template instantiation explaining what's going on.

saurik 6y ago
I mean, one can (and I will argue "should", though I appreciate many people will be angry about this) used macros to change the names to whatever they want... but this makes a lot more sense if libraries stick with full names and the contractions are house style.
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joshocar 6y ago
I think a lot of this has to do with what people develop with. If they are a vim person then typing long names is annoying, but if they use any type of IDE, the autocomplete removes that hassle and the benefits of having a clearer naming convention can shine.
- spijdar 6y ago
  In case anyone reading doesn't realize, Vim can do keyword completions. It isn't automatic, but out of the box, you can press ctrl+n to move through a list of possible completions. Not as elegant as some IDEs I'm sure, but if typing is stopping you from using longer names, this could help.
  - ori_b 6y ago
    Also, for IDE style completion: https://github.com/ycm-core/YouCompleteMe https://github.com/ycm-core/YouCompleteMe
- ori_b 6y ago
  People confuse 'verbose' and 'clear'. Long names make my eyes glaze over as a reader.
- coliveira 6y ago
  Vim has autocomplete too. This is not an argument about vim since I have seen vim users employing both conventions.
bee_rider 6y ago
Graham seems like he'd be much more authoritative on this topic than Musk.

saurik 6y ago

I mean, one can (and I will argue "should", though I appreciate many people will be angry about this) used macros to change the names to whatever they want... but this makes a lot more sense if libraries stick with full names and the contractions are house style.

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joshocar 6y ago

I think a lot of this has to do with what people develop with. If they are a vim person then typing long names is annoying, but if they use any type of IDE, the autocomplete removes that hassle and the benefits of having a clearer naming convention can shine.

spijdar 6y ago
In case anyone reading doesn't realize, Vim can do keyword completions. It isn't automatic, but out of the box, you can press ctrl+n to move through a list of possible completions. Not as elegant as some IDEs I'm sure, but if typing is stopping you from using longer names, this could help.
- ori_b 6y ago
  Also, for IDE style completion: https://github.com/ycm-core/YouCompleteMe https://github.com/ycm-core/YouCompleteMe
ori_b 6y ago
People confuse 'verbose' and 'clear'. Long names make my eyes glaze over as a reader.
coliveira 6y ago
Vim has autocomplete too. This is not an argument about vim since I have seen vim users employing both conventions.

bee_rider 6y ago

Graham seems like he'd be much more authoritative on this topic than Musk.