From: Jeff S. <js...@mh...> - 2008-01-02 15:36:06
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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <meta content="text/html;charset=ISO-8859-1" http-equiv="Content-Type"> <title></title> </head> <body bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000"> I agree with Paul. The only reason to add the methods is to increase readability.<br> <br> Paul Field wrote: <blockquote cite="mid:OF7...@db..." type="cite"> <pre wrap="">I'm for having the methods, although I prefer the "isOnOrAfter/isOnOrBefore" naming. For me, the reason for having the extra methods is for readability; '!a.isAfter(b)' is logically equivalent to 'a.isOnOrBefore(b)' but they read differently and so can make code easier to understand. If the naming of the method is "isNotAfter" then I don't see the advantage over using the existing method with the not operator (!a.isAfter(b)). Paul ------------------ Paul Field Research IT Deutsche Bank <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:jod...@li...">jod...@li...</a> wrote on 01/01/2008 17:01:07: </pre> <blockquote type="cite"> <pre wrap="">Count me as one, and FWIW I like 'isNotBefore' and 'isNotAfter' as method names. Chris -----Original Message----- From: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:jod...@li...">jod...@li...</a> on behalf of Stephen Colebourne Sent: Tue 1/1/2008 3:25 AM To: Discussion of the Joda project Subject: Re: [Joda-interest] New methods in LocalDate and LocalTime classes bart zagers wrote: </pre> <blockquote type="cite"> <pre wrap="">Hey, I have to agree, we have introduced similar methods ourselves, although we call them isNotBefore and isNotAfter. In fact, we use them more often than isBefore and isAfter. </pre> </blockquote> <pre wrap="">I have long debated the possible usefulness of these methods. Are there any other supporters of them? Stephen ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2005. <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/">http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/</a> _______________________________________________ Joda-interest mailing list <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:Jod...@li...">Jod...@li...</a> <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/joda-interest">https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/joda-interest</a> ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2005. <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/">http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/</a> _______________________________________________ Joda-interest mailing list <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:Jod...@li...">Jod...@li...</a> <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/joda-interest">https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/joda-interest</a> </pre> </blockquote> <pre wrap=""><!----> --- This e-mail may contain confidential and/or privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient (or have received this e-mail in error) please notify the sender immediately and delete this e-mail. Any unauthorized copying, disclosure or distribution of the material in this e-mail is strictly forbidden. Please refer to <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.db.com/en/content/eu_disclosures.htm">http://www.db.com/en/content/eu_disclosures.htm</a> for additional EU corporate and regulatory disclosures. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2005. <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/">http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/</a> _______________________________________________ Joda-interest mailing list <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:Jod...@li...">Jod...@li...</a> <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/joda-interest">https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/joda-interest</a> </pre> </blockquote> </body> </html> |