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Re: Adds dimension stencil command to correct with-dimension (issue 1295


From: dak
Subject: Re: Adds dimension stencil command to correct with-dimension (issue 12957047)
Date: Sat, 24 Aug 2013 08:25:14 +0000

On 2013/08/24 08:05:13, mike7 wrote:
On 24 août 2013, at 10:18, mailto:address@hidden wrote:

> LGTM, except of using `surrogate' in the name.  Given that the
stencil
> dimensions are actively overridden on request, I would like rather
like
> having `override'.  For me, the word `surrogate' suggests something
> passive.
>
> https://codereview.appspot.com/12957047/

The definition reads:

It doesn't matter what the definition reads.  English has a live
vocabulary of over 150000 words and there is no need to use all of them
in identifiers.  We want our identifier names to be boring and following
our own terminology elsewhere as well as that of other programs.

If you pick a non-standard word with slightly different connotations,
people will think that the slightly different connotations are
important, rather than that this is just playing randomization games
with a thesaurus.

https://codereview.appspot.com/12957047/

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