A general purpose tag to cover anything concerning naming, be it files, programming constructs, data etc.
A general purpose tag to cover anything concerning naming, be it files, programming constructs, data etc.
Questions tagged [naming]
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Naming a method that returns 0 for negative values
I'm writing such a method library. I can't seem to find a good name for it nor any reference of anyone having named such a function before.
What would be a good name for it?
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ListView Items not getting renamed properly
I have a list view that has two columns: one for the prefix and one for the connection string.
Example:
Prefix| Connection string
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OR1_ | blablabla
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OR2_ |…
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Creating a new package in Java to make Web Service requests, what should I call it?
Bit of a newbie question, but I'm unfamiliar with Java. I'm thinking either:
com.company.webservices
or
com.company.webserviceretriever
or
com.company.webservice.retriever
Any thoughts or opinions on the matter?
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Weblogic 10.3.1 version not showing JNDI tree stucture
I have created Admin server and followed these steps as per docs:
To view objects in the JNDI tree:
In the left pane expand Environment > Servers.
On the Server summary page click the name of the server, for example, myserver.
On the server…
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Why some object names starts with single or multiple underscores in c++?
I've seen a lot of times in c++ libraries tones of objects whose names start with underscores.
I know some cases when this is useful for example:
class Person {
private:
unsigned int age;
//...
public:
…
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Where to find what function names standfor? C++
I am learning c++ and I keep running into a common problem: I cannot find the reasons behind function names.
For example, ifstream seekg() function. I attempt to look up the function on websites…
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Renaming files in a smart way
I have a collection of files that I would like to re-organize in a smart way, using python.
The files are state-county-year specific and saved in a folder structure of this form: \state\year\county\image.jpg with many images per county.
I have the…
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How unique should a class name be in Java?
Should I avoid naming my classes the same as classes in other external packages/libraries at the expense of sacrificing name conciseness and adding a little bit of complexity?
For instance, in my application I have a package named UIComponents that…
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Should you use related variables in your code?
Lately I was wondering if it is a bad practice to use variables in your code that are related to each other (e.g. a = 2 * b). A concrete example would be euro and dollars. Let's say we have a Person class who has some balance in euros and dollars…
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is this a good variable name in JavaScript?
This seems fine to me but I wanted to know if it is ok to have two capital letters in a roll ("AF" in the case below).
let isScoreAFloat = score % 1 !== 0;
If this name is not the best, what name would better convey the possible result of the…
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Referring to specific Python function in scientific manuscript
Assume the Python function def my_function() that is part of the class class MyClass(), which itself is part of the module mymodule.py, which is part of the package mypackage.
mypackage/
mypackage/mymodule.py
user$ cat mypackage/mymodule.py
#class…
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Is there a name for a model class that never gets persisted?
In my MVVM project there are model classes that are persisted to the database, such as Customer, Product and Invoice. I've put these in a namespace called [Company].[Technology].Model as per the namespace naming Convention.
I also have some model…
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Naming methods to generic arguments
I am going over some code and I am adding some interfaces so i can make sure all the classes follow the same basic guidelines.
Now I have an interface called Uni < T > which takes exactly one generic argument.
Say I have a class which implements…
Whats
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Record variable value when condition true with dynamic name
I have 9x2 dataframe DATS with prices and POSIXct datetimestamps sampled every 15 minutes. and a list of dates FOMCDATES with the dates of recent FOMC events. I then split the POSIXct datetimestamps into separate Date and Time columns. I then add…
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alturnitives to dynamicly declaining variable names automaticly in vb.net
i searched online to find out how to dynamically declare variable names automatically and i came up with no results. my approach to the code i'm simplifying is as follows:
dim choice1 as string
dim choice2 as string
dim choice3 as string
...
i wish…
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