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Re: Are STOP and INIT good names? (was Re: [PATCH pod/perlmod.pod 5.005_63] Special Blocks For Less Than Gurus)

From: Tom Christiansen <tchrist@chthon.perl.com>
To: JVromans@squirrel.nl (Johan Vromans)
cc: perl5-porters@perl.org, tchrist@chthon.perl.com
Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2000 10:00:48 -0700
Message-ID: <10249.948733248@chthon>

>   IMMEDIATE          (a.k.a. BEGIN for compatibility)

too long

>   AFTER_COMPILATION

too long

>   SETUP              (BEFORE_EXECUTION)
				too long
>   FINISH	      (a.k.a. END for compatibility)

>Of course, we need a BEFORE_COMPILATION as well ;-).
>Just my ¤0.02.

You know, it doesn't much matter what we call it.  People
will be confused anyway.  PEOPLE WILL ALWAYS BE CONFUSED.
You can't possibly choose the "right thing" if by the right
thing, you mean something that everyone will understand WITHOUT
READING THE FINE MANUAL.   

Let them RTFM!

I note that the two recent confusions come from Michael Schwerne,
whose self-selected IRC nick was historically "Stupid".

--tom

Follow-Ups from:: Tim Bunce <Tim.Bunce@ig.co.uk>

References to:: JVromans@squirrel.nl (Johan Vromans)

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