Re: Are STOP and INIT good names? (was Re: [PATCH pod/perlmod.pod 5.005_63] Special Blocks For Less Than Gurus)

[Tim Bunce <Tim.Bunce@ig.co.uk>]

On Mon, Jan 24, 2000 at 10:00:48AM -0700, Tom Christiansen wrote:
> >   IMMEDIATE          (a.k.a. BEGIN for compatibility)
> 
> too long
> 
> >   AFTER_COMPILATION
> 
> too long
> 
> >   SETUP              (BEFORE_EXECUTION)
> 				too long
> >   FINISH	      (a.k.a. END for compatibility)
> 
> >Of course, we need a BEFORE_COMPILATION as well ;-).
> >Just my 0.02.
> 
> You know, it doesn't much matter what we call it.  People
> will be confused anyway.  PEOPLE WILL ALWAYS BE CONFUSED.
> You can't possibly choose the "right thing" if by the right
> thing, you mean something that everyone will understand WITHOUT
> READING THE FINE MANUAL.   
> 
> Let them RTFM!

Ah, good suggestion Tom:

	RTFM {
	    ...
	}

:-)

Tim.

---

References to:

JVromans@squirrel.nl (Johan Vromans)
Tom Christiansen <tchrist@chthon.perl.com>

---

[Date Prev][Date Next] [Thread Prev][Thread Next] [Date Index][Thread Index][Top&Search][Original]

---