[misterhouse-users] RE: Getting names of objects

[Mike D. <md...@mi...>]

>Ok, I got it added.  All we have to do is decide what to call it.
>changed_by sounds good, but looks funny in this usage:
>
>   my $item_who_changed_it = changed_by $item_that_got_changed;
>
>So I used get_changed_by instead (I can easily change it if we vote
>otherwise).

While it took a little getting used to Java's "getters" and setters"
(getCurrentUser, setSalary, etc.), I've come to appreciate that naming
convention.

OTHO, that convention is most readable when you use the dot-notation:
  float salary = boss.getSalary();

It makes less sense when used in Perl's object-last syntax:
  my $salary = getSalary $boss;  # But I'd like to have my boss's salary <G>

I vote to stick with MH's naming conventions; there are lots of other
functions that return a value, but aren't prefixed with get_ .

Mike

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