naming (Re: KInstance redesign)

Matthias Kretz kretz at kde.org
Tue Jan 30 12:14:26 GMT 2007


On Tuesday 30 January 2007 13:00, Hans Meine wrote:
> On Tuesday, 30. January 2007 12:22, Matthias Kretz wrote:
> > > > > name suggestion: KComponentData
> > >
> > > What about KComponentInfo?  IMHO "Data" sounds more like document
> > > contents, ... than like the components' metadata like author, website,
> > > ...
> >
> > OTOH, info sounds a little like it's optional, but the object is very
> > integral to the correct workings of some application/component setups.
> > E.g. the KStandardDirs object or the KSharedConfig object. Those two
> > objects don't fall into the category of information, no?
>
> You are right - how about KComponentConfig or KComponentSetup then?
> Nah, I don't like these any more than KComponentData either.
> Err, is KComponent taken? (Not as a class name, is it?)

I believe the name KComponent is too general. Because this object is not the 
component itself only data for/of the component.

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