[Ffmpeg-devel] Naming conventions

[Michel Bardiaux]

Michael Niedermayer wrote:
> Hi
> 
[snip]

> 
> huh? what is facetious? me saying that the naming convention should clearly
> say what type and action is or me pointing at cases where your
> suggestion is ambiguous?
> or are you trying to say that you have no real arguments?
> or are you trying to say that you will decide all names based on unwritten
> rules and everyone who doesnt understand you rules is facetious?

*Now* we have reached flame temperature...

> 
> also its funny that on nut-devel you where nitpicking that the spec wasnt
> clear enough and now you attack my for trying to clarify a really ambiguous
> single line suggestion of a nameing convention
> 
Problem is, everyone has been beating around the bush trying to avoid 
using 'the O word', but its a fact that C++ (or rather, OO methodology 
in general) was developped with the goal of formalizing this issue. 
Whether their solution was a good one is of course a different issue!

HaND,
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