Could not agree more. Naming things for what they do encourages other behaviors like deprecation strategies and extension strategies that are non-disruptive to

Could not agree more. Naming things for what they do encourages other behaviors like deprecation strategies and extension strategies that are non-disruptive to others. It makes people's lives easier if your work follows a level of rigor for naming. Products and companies can do many things under a single name, APIs should try to do the fewest number of things under a given name while fitting the concept as closely as possible.