[Python-Dev] PEP 292: method names (original) (raw)

Erik Heneryd erik at heneryd.com
Mon Sep 13 18:16:08 CEST 2004

Barry Warsaw wrote:

On Sat, 2004-09-11 at 07:54, Erik Heneryd wrote:

* Too long 10/15 character names for something so simple it up until now just needed a %? Programs using templates will probably use them frequently... I'd prefer sub instead of substitute. Noted, thanks. In general I'm not a fan of abbreviations in APIs though. Also note that it is trivial for applications to derive and override mod(), aliasing it to whichever version of substitute() they want. For example, I plan on multiply inheriting Template and unicode, and aliasing mod() to safesubstitute().

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Well, even if it's trivial, I still think the out-of-the-box API shouldn't be hostile against frequent use. Subclassing just to get a decent name/operator feels stupid. Why not mod = safe_substitute per default then?

Erik

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