[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH] lavfi: rename AVFilterCommand.command to "verb"

[Stefano Sabatini]

On date Sunday 2011-09-25 17:09:03 +0200, Michael Niedermayer encoded:
> On Sun, Sep 25, 2011 at 05:01:43PM +0200, Alexander Strasser wrote:
> > Stefano Sabatini wrote:
> > > On date Saturday 2011-09-24 22:06:30 +0200, Michael Niedermayer encoded:
> > > > On Sat, Sep 24, 2011 at 09:52:08PM +0200, Alexander Strasser wrote:
> > > > > Michael Niedermayer wrote:
> > > > > > On Sat, Sep 24, 2011 at 03:04:55PM +0200, Stefano Sabatini wrote:
> > > > > > > This avoids the confusing recursive terminology
> > > > > > > (AVFilterCommand.command).
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > "verb" sounds really odd to me in this context.
> > > > > 
> > > > >   Maybe "name" or "id" would fit. Though "id" probably sounds a bit
> > > > > too abstract.
> > > > 
> > > > "name" sounds good to me too
> > > 
> > > I named it like after the *TP (SMTP, HTTP, RTSP, SIP, etc.) protocols
> > > family, where you can have requests (aka "commands") and answers (aka
> > > "responses" aka "replies"), which are characterized by their "verb"
> > > (aka "method").
> > 
> >   I knew you stole it from there :) I am familiar with some of the
> > standards you quoted above. Therefore it was not that surprising to
> > me you came up with that term.
> > 
> > > "name" suggests more an "identifier" rather than something which
> > > specifies the semantics of the command.
> > 
> >   This is somehow off with me. As I see it the word command already
> > implies imperative form of a verb. Therefore it is still a valid
> > question to ask for the name of the command. In the sense of we 
> > named the command <x>. I don't think stressing grammar terms too
> > much is needed here.
> > 
> >   Anyway I am fine with any consensus you will reach. So please do
> > not see my comments as objections!
> 
> iam also fine with all suggestions that where made, my preferrance
> is command>name>verb though

Ahah, finally I decided to drop this patch, "name" is semantically
misleading, "verb" may not be too clear in this context and "command"
is more or less equivalent to the former so it is acceptable after
all, there's the recursivity issue but that's a minor problem.
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