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From: "Shawn O. Pearce" <spearce@spearce.org>
To: Robin Rosenberg <robin.rosenberg.lists@dewire.com>
Cc: spearce@sparce.org, git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [EGIT PATCH 02/10] Rename the objectsUrl in the nested HttpObjectDB to
Date: Mon, 16 Mar 2009 14:28:31 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20090316212831.GU22920@spearce.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200903162225.00347.robin.rosenberg.lists@dewire.com>

Robin Rosenberg <robin.rosenberg.lists@dewire.com> wrote:
> måndag 16 mars 2009 21:25:13 skrev "Shawn O. Pearce" <spearce@spearce.org>:
> > Robin Rosenberg <robin.rosenberg@dewire.com> wrote:
> > > It is used for looking at alternate objects, so name it such
> > 
> > No SOB?
> > 
> > But I disagree with this name change.  Its pointing at the
> > objects directory of a repository.  It may also be used to
> > point at an alternate when opening an alternate, in which
> > case it points at the alternate's objects directory.
> > 
> > IMHO, objectsUrl is the right name for this.
> 
> Ok, I missed the real reason in the comment. It is name hiding. objectsUrl
> is the name of another variable in the outer scope.

OK.

I still disagree with the name change.  Can we hide the outer name by
making it private?  Or come up with a better name for the inner one?

-- 
Shawn.

      reply	other threads:[~2009-03-16 21:30 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2009-03-16 20:14 [EGIT PATCH 00/10] JGit cleanups Robin Rosenberg
2009-03-16 20:14 ` [EGIT PATCH 01/10] Require javadoc on protected methods in jgit core Robin Rosenberg
2009-03-16 20:14   ` [EGIT PATCH 02/10] Rename the objectsUrl in the nested HttpObjectDB to Robin Rosenberg
2009-03-16 20:14     ` [EGIT PATCH 03/10] Rename variables that hides others with different content in FetchProcess Robin Rosenberg
2009-03-16 20:14       ` [EGIT PATCH 04/10] Rename a parameter i PackWriter that hides another with the same name Robin Rosenberg
2009-03-16 20:14         ` [EGIT PATCH 05/10] Rename fields to avoid hiding of field names in ReadTreeTest Robin Rosenberg
2009-03-16 20:14           ` [EGIT PATCH 06/10] Rename the gitDir fields to indicate they refer to another dir than the default Robin Rosenberg
2009-03-16 20:14             ` [EGIT PATCH 07/10] Rename a parameter in PushProcessTest that hides another Robin Rosenberg
2009-03-16 20:14               ` [EGIT PATCH 08/10] Drop unused end parameters in hunk parsing code Robin Rosenberg
2009-03-16 20:14                 ` [EGIT PATCH 09/10] Drop unused File arguments in IndexTreeWalker and WorkdirCheckout Robin Rosenberg
2009-03-16 20:14                   ` [EGIT PATCH 10/10] Drop an effectively unused parameter in IndexTreeWalker Robin Rosenberg
2009-03-16 20:39                 ` [EGIT PATCH 08/10] Drop unused end parameters in hunk parsing code Shawn O. Pearce
2009-03-16 20:25     ` [EGIT PATCH 02/10] Rename the objectsUrl in the nested HttpObjectDB to Shawn O. Pearce
2009-03-16 21:25       ` Robin Rosenberg
2009-03-16 21:28         ` Shawn O. Pearce [this message]

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