[Modeling-users] Name for methods valueForKey and takeValueForKey?

[Mario R. <ma...@ru...>]

Hi,

i find these names unclear, and even disturbing \-;
Should it ever be possible to change them, and if these names
should avoid using 'get' and 'set' not to clash with dedicated getters 
and setters,
then, instead of:

valueForKey 		valueForKeyPath
takeValueForKey   	takeValueForKeyPath

I can suggest names such as:

retrieveKeyValue 	retrieveKeyPathValue
assignKeyValue   	assignKeyPathValue

or

valueFromKey		valueFromKeyPath
valueForKey		valueForKeyPath

or, more consistently, if we reserve the attribute names
valueByKey and valueByKeyPath:

getValueByKey	getValueByKeyPath
setValueByKey		setValueByKeyPath

or, even simpler and more elegant (but need extra check per call)
is to just have the following two methods (reserving attribute name
keyValue), and determine dynamically whether key specified is
a simple key or a path (check for '.' should be enough?)

getKeyValue		
setKeyValue


Cheers, mario