[pmwiki-users] Use non-[A-Za-z] characters in page names?

Patrick R. Michaud pmichaud at pobox.com
Sun Oct 29 09:05:06 CST 2006


On Sat, Oct 28, 2006 at 05:52:53PM -0400, Vince Administration wrote:
> NOW IT MAKES SENSE!
> I really had no idea where SDV came from, but now maybe I can remember.
> Is there a list of the reasons for the other strange function names?

I started a list at http://www.pmwiki.org/wiki/PmWiki/FunctionList
but haven't finished it yet.  Of course, I'm always happy to
update the list for any specific functions on which anyone might
have a question.

There's also a page at http://www.pmwiki.org/wiki/Cookbook/Functions .

Pm



> On Oct 28, 2006, at 2:01 PM, Patrick R. Michaud wrote:
> 
> >On Sat, Oct 28, 2006 at 07:07:41PM +0200, Thomas -Balu- Walter wrote:
> >>On Sat, Oct 28, 2006 at 12:34:17PM +1000, Sam Wilson wrote:
> >>>as I first thought!  :-)  It does everything I want (despite having
> >>>functions named things like SDV(); my comp sci lecturers would  
> >>>_not_ be
> >>>amused!).
> >>
> >>SDV() is a shortcut for
> >>if (!isset($variable)) $variable = 'value';
> >>
> >>So having it called SetDefaultValue() (or whatever abbreviation  
> >>that is ;)
> >>would make the shortcut less effective...
> >
> >Indeed, I suppose that your comp sci lecturers would say that we
> >always have to say "random access memory", "central processing unit",
> >"input/output", "compact disc", "liquid crystal display", "cathode  
> >ray tube",
> >instead of RAM, CPU, IO, CD, LCD, CRT, etc.  :-) :-)
> >
> >Every project or field of any significance ends up having its own
> >set of definitions, abbreviations, and acronyms.  This does sometimes
> >mean that things aren't immediately obvious to someone new to the
> >area, but that doesn't mean they should never be used.
> >
> >Pm
> >
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