[Pmwiki-users] thoughts on customization sequence in pmwiki 2 ...

[Robert P. J. Day]

On Mon, 18 Oct 2004, Patrick R. Michaud wrote:

> On Mon, Oct 18, 2004 at 11:01:03AM -0400, Robert P. J. Day wrote:
> > the programming law of orthogonality suggests that you should have two
> > variables:
> >
> >   $Group	JUST the group name
> >   $Page		JUST the page name
>
> $Group  -- just the page's group
> $Name   -- just the page's name
>
> Seems straightforward and orthogonal to me.
>
> > and if any code needs the full page name, it can construct it quickly
> > enough by concatenation.
> > p.s.  in other words, for simplicity, there is *no* need to have a
> > FullPageName variable or PageName variable hanging around at all
> > times.  that's just cluttering up the namespace.
>
> Okay, so all that you're really saying is that I should get rid
> of $PageName.  No problem.  :-)

yup.  that seems like the optimal, orthogonal solution.  cool.

rday

p.s.  i'm not trying to be overbearing and pushy.  i am merely
succeeding. :-)