Re: [PATCH] commit: Append commit_list prefix in two function names.

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On Sun, Nov 14, 2010 at 7:19 PM, Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Thiago Farina wrote:
>
>> Append commit_lis prefix to insert_by_date function and to sort_by_date,
>> so it's clear that these functions refer to commit_list structure.
>
> Nits: by "Append" I think you mean "Add"; missing "t" after commit_lis.
>
Thanks, I will fix this in a follow up.

> This gives the oft-used insert_by_name() function a fairly long name:
>
> Â Â Â Âcommit_list_insert_by_name
>
> The proposed name is long enough to be unwieldly. ÂIt might have
> the virtue of fitting better with some of the commit_list lib:
>
> Â Â Â Âcommit_list_count
> Â Â Â Âcommit_list_insert
> Â Â Â Âfree_commit_list
>
> Compare:
>
> Â Â Â Âsort_by_date
> Â Â Â Âpop_most_recent_commit
> Â Â Â Âsort_in_topological_order
> Â Â Â Âpop_commit
>

I don't understand what you are arguing here. Is about the size of
"commit_list_insert_by_name"? I don't care about it's size, I just
want to make it consistent by adding commit_list in the functions that
are part of the commit_list API.

> Perhaps this change would work better if some of the others were
> renamed at the same time?
>

I don't think so, this would increasing the size of the change and
make it less readable.
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