[Pmwiki-users] Re: Variable names

Jonathan Scott Duff duff
Mon Oct 18 12:56:23 CDT 2004


On Mon, Oct 18, 2004 at 12:37:18PM -0600, Patrick R. Michaud wrote:
> > Here's my 2 cents.
> > How about introducing the variable $Sheet to represent the "page" without the
> > $Group and using $Page as the combination of $Group.$Sheet?
> 
> Well, I still have problems with '$Page' as a variable by itself--it needs
> to be at least '$PageName'.  But $Sheet is pretty good -- the only other
> alternative to $Name that I could come up with was $Leaf.

How about $Topic? There's some mild positive aesthetics since it's the
same number of characters as $Group.  And I think the conceptual shift
away from book-like metaphors is a plus.  :)

-Scott
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