Re: Adds dimension stencil command to correct with-dimension (issue 12957047)

[pkx166h]

On 2013/08/24 08:25:14, dak wrote:
> 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.

Having to send highly technical responses to non-native English speakers
daily as part of my job, I do get Werner's point. Surrogate isn;t
immediately obvious unless you have a wide vocabulary. I don't know what
this fix does, but could we use a word like 'alternate' or 'replace' or
'proxy' (assuming it is a function/command that has to take a value, and
'replace' it temporarily before it puts it back - see? I told you I
didn't know what this does), or perhaps 'stand-in' or 'backup'.

We had a classically educated programmer once that used to produce
beautifully composed 'event' messages and errors, however it just caused
a lot of confusion to our non-English customers (even some American ones
;) ) that we went 'boring' as David so succinctly put it.

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