November 08, 2011
On 2011-11-07 20:36, Dejan Lekic wrote:
> Andrej Mitrovic wrote:
>
>> class Rectangle : IShape, Drawable {}
>>
>> It's pretty common in other languages, I've seen it used in D as well.
>
> I used the same naming convention for interfaces until I saw this
> presentation: http://www.infoq.com/presentations/It-Is-Possible-to-Do-OOP-
> in-Java (jump to 0:42 if you do not want to see this brilliant
> presentation).
>
> In short there is an interface RecentlyUsedList, and Kevin recommends that
> good name for implementation is something like ArrayBasedRecentlyUsedList.
> And he is also against IRecentlyUsedList names... I actually agree with what
> he suggests, and stopped using INames for interfaces. :)
>
> PS. the presentation is not Java advocacy, it contains lots of Java
> criticism...

If the interfaces are the primary API, not implementation specific classes, then the interfaces should not be have a ugly ma,e qualify them with "I" or similar. If there is a need to separate the class and interface names then choose the ugly name of the implementation classes.

-- 
/Jacob Carlborg
November 08, 2011
On 2011-11-08 03:07, Jesse Phillips wrote:
> On Mon, 07 Nov 2011 18:22:07 +0000, %u wrote:
>
>> Hello.
>>
>> I know D isn't Java, but one trivial thing I liked about Java is the
>> introduction of 'extends' and 'implements' as keywords as ways to
>> clarify the class relationships when defining a class.  You know:
>>
>> class Subclass extends SuperClass implements AnInterface {
>> ...
>> }
>>
>> Will they ever add this in to D?  If not, why not?
>>
>> thanks.
>
> There are only two instances I like know if something is an interface or
> class.
>
> The first is when I am defining it, for some reason I want to tell the
> whole world, "Hey I'm building an interface here so be sure to include
> these." Which really isn't important.
>
> The second is when I want to find its definition. Hmmm, should I be
> greping for /class Window/, /interface Window/, or /struct Window/
>
> Otherwise the distinction has been pointless.

This should be handled by an IDE/editor with go-to-definition.

-- 
/Jacob Carlborg
November 08, 2011
Jesse Phillips Wrote:

> The second is when I want to find its definition. Hmmm, should I be greping for /class Window/, /interface Window/, or /struct Window/

[a-z]* Window ?
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