[Development] Coding style proposal

[Ziller Eike]

On Jan 6, 2014, at 11:38 AM, Marc Mutz <marc.mutz at kdab.com> wrote:

> On Thursday 02 January 2014 21:04:27 Jiergir Ogoerg wrote:
>> buffer() // getter
>> buffer_set(..) // setter
>> BufferSupportsFind() // bool
>> 
>> selection() // getter
>> SelectionMove(..) // move selection
>> selection_set(..) // setter
>> SelectionUnset(...) // unset something
> 
> You might find the std policy of having the same name for getter and setter 
> (differing in constness and argument count) interesting, then:
> 
> off_t pos = buffer.pos();
> buffer.pos(pos + 1);

Urgs, so sacrificing sensible/natural method names for the sake of having property-related methods next to each other when they are alphabetically sorted?

Btw, in Qt Creator’s locator you get all buffer/setBuffer/hasBuffer/isBufferEnabled methods when you type just “. buffer” ;)

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