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

[Dominique Faure]

On 10/28/06, Patrick R. Michaud <pmichaud at pobox.com> 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
>

Common operations should be ``Huffman coded.'' That is, frequently
used operators should be shorter than infrequently used ones [1].

I couldn't resist :)
Dom

[1] http://www.perl.com/pub/a/2001/10/02/apocalypse3.html