On Mon, Oct 28, 2013 at 9:50 PM, Matthew Jordan <mjordan at digium.com> wrote: > > On Mon, Oct 28, 2013 at 7:49 PM, Paul Belanger > <paul.belanger at polybeacon.com> wrote: >> >> On Tue, Oct 22, 2013 at 12:03 PM, Matthew Jordan <mjordan at digium.com> >> wrote: >> > >> > > <snip> > >> >> To keep this thread going, I'm going to start work on a patch and I'll >> be using past tense for the events. Here are some examples of the >> syntax we use, what do people prefer: >> >> Started / Stopped >> - StasisStarted / StasisStopped >> - PlaybackStarted / PlaybackStopped >> >> Started / Ended >> - StasisStarted / StasisEnded >> - PlaybackStarted / PlaybackEnded >> >> Started / Finished >> - StasisStarted / StasisFinished >> - PlaybackStarted / PlaybackFinished >> >> Created / Destroyed >> - BridgeCreated / BridgeDestroyed >> - ChannelCreated / ChannelDestroyed >> >> Feedback welcome >> > > This isn't an all or nothing proposition. You can't pick "Stopped" as the > only valid verb, than suppose that "ChannelStopped" is the same thing as > "ChannelDestroyed". The two have vastly different semantic meanings - one > implies stopping an ongoing action (in which case, is Channel an object or > an operation?) - the other implies that an object's lifetime has ended and > its resources reclaimed. > So, lets have that discussion. And we'll keep it simple, which tense should be have: StartStasis StartedPlayback Do you agree we should pick one or just have two different? > I'm not comfortable making unilateral rules such as this and applying them > to any interface. If there are particular events that fail to convey their > semantics given their current name that's worth having a discussion over; > otherwise, I'm not sure I'd proceed with this change. > -- Paul Belanger | PolyBeacon, Inc. Jabber: paul.belanger at polybeacon.com | IRC: pabelanger (Freenode) Github: https://github.com/pabelanger | Twitter: https://twitter.com/pabelanger
