[ZPT] Re: Name of total sequence length

Dieter Maurer dieter@handshake.de
Sat, 16 Mar 2002 22:06:38 +0100


Steve Alexander writes:
 > Chris Withers wrote:
 > > I'd really like to keep it as 'total', can anyone provide any reasons why it
 > > shouldn't be?
Because "total" is associated with adding not counting...

 > I'd prefer total_length to sequence_length, because "sequence" does not 
 > feature in the external API of ZTUtils, and it would be a shame to add 
 > it now ;-)  (nasty flashbacks to DTML...)
The first parameter of the constructor is called "sequence".
And we speak here about the length of this object...


 > It is also shorter.
You are kidding, aren't you?


Dieter