• Jonathan M Davis (19/19) Jun 12 2011 https://github.com/D-Programming-Language/phobos/pull/101
• Adam D. Ruppe (9/10) Jun 12 2011 I think it should stay just how it is: toStringz, with a lowercase
• Michael Chen (3/13) Jun 13 2011 I vote for the changes. They are better name for newbies like me.

Jonathan M Davis <jmdavisProg gmx.com> writes:

https://github.com/D-Programming-Language/phobos/pull/101

I made several improvements to std.string, std.uni, and std.ctype - primarily 
with the aim of fixing function names to be properly camelcased and improving 
unicode support - and while the changes are generally fairly simple and 
generally well-organized, there are quite a few of them, and I think that the 
changes could use some extra eyes. Also, there are probably a few changes 
which deserve some discussion.

For instance, a couple of items which already came up

1. Would it be better to rename toStringz to toCString when fixing it so that 
it's properly camelcased (in my changes I just did toStringZ since it was the 
straightforward fix to the naem, but it's not exactly a great name to begin 
with).

2. Should std.ctype be renamed (or at least the updated functions be put into 
another module which will replace it) - e.g. std.ascii?

I don't want want a bikeshedding discussion, but it is a fairly large commit, 
and it could use a looking over by more than just a couple of Phobos devs, and 
some of the changes likely do merit some discussion. So, feel free to look 
over the pull request and make appropriate suggestions.

- Jonathan M Davis

Adam D. Ruppe <destructionator gmail.com> writes:

Jonathan M Davis wrote:
 Would it be better to rename toStringz to toCString when fixing it

I think it should stay just how it is: toStringz, with a lowercase
z.

The reason is a "stringz" is actually a proper name of sorts -
the z at the end isn't a new word, but part of the first one.
At least that's the way it was in assembly!


Also, it ain't broke. I've sometimes gotten tolower wrong due to
case. I've never made a mistake on toStringz. I'd be surprised if
anyone has.

Michael Chen <sth4nth gmail.com> writes:

I vote for the changes. They are better name for newbies like me.

On Mon, Jun 13, 2011 at 9:29 AM, Adam D. Ruppe
<destructionator gmail.com> wrote:
 Jonathan M Davis wrote:
 Would it be better to rename toStringz to toCString when fixing it

 I think it should stay just how it is: toStringz, with a lowercase
 z.

 The reason is a "stringz" is actually a proper name of sorts -
 the z at the end isn't a new word, but part of the first one.
 At least that's the way it was in assembly!


 Also, it ain't broke. I've sometimes gotten tolower wrong due to
 case. I've never made a mistake on toStringz. I'd be surprised if
 anyone has.