Re: Function naming scheme

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Date	Wed, 19 Apr 2017 22:37:29 +0300
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Kaz Kylheku wrote:

> On 2017-04-19, Victor Porton <porton@narod.ru> wrote:
>> I have two sets of similar (for pairings of functions from the different
>> sets) functions: one for single orders and one for basket orders.
> 
> How about: an order contains a list of items. When that list is
> length 1, we call it a single order; when it's two or more, we call it a
> basket order. Then we don't need a separate type, with repeated
> boiler-plate code that is almost the same except for handling a list
> versus one item.

Sorry, we have a set relational DB structure where single orders and basket 
orders are represented differently. I don't have the power to change the DB 
scheme.

So them are two different cases and need to be processed somehow differently 
(despite having much in common).

>> Should I name the functions like ProcessOrder/ProcessOrderBasket or
>> ProcessOrderSingle/ProcessOrderBasket?
> 
> I'd use a programming language in which I can have polymorphic function
> or method called "process", which can work on objects of various types.
> 
>    order.process(); // process the order: any kind of order
> 
>    cheese.process(); // process the cheese; totally different

We use Perl, we consider to rewrite all our software in PHP.

These are set facts, I cannot freely choose a language of preference.

We this `cheese` can be don in Perl with object oriented programming, but 
this would increase complexity rather that decrease.

-- 
Victor Porton - http://portonvictor.org

Thread

Function naming scheme Victor Porton <porton@narod.ru> - 2017-04-19 21:46 +0300
  Re: Function naming scheme Kaz Kylheku <686-678-9105@kylheku.com> - 2017-04-19 19:25 +0000
    Re: Function naming scheme Victor Porton <porton@narod.ru> - 2017-04-19 22:37 +0300
      Re: Function naming scheme Kaz Kylheku <686-678-9105@kylheku.com> - 2017-04-19 20:18 +0000
        Re: Function naming scheme Victor Porton <porton@narod.ru> - 2017-04-19 23:43 +0300
  Re: Function naming scheme Victor Porton <porton@narod.ru> - 2017-04-19 22:54 +0300

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