[postgis-devel] Function Naming

[Paul Ramsey]

One naming inconsistency you might have noted is that i've recommended
renaming some ugly-named gist support functions to
postgis_gist_compress, etc. But I also have some new functions for the
aggregates, named like pgis_geometry_accum_finalfn(pgis_abs). Should I
re-name my new pgis_ functions to use the fully spelled out
"postgis_"? I am leaning that way.

P.

On Sat, Jan 24, 2009 at 11:45 AM, Paul Ramsey <pramsey at opengeo.org> wrote:
> the geometry_* naming convention is what PgSQL uses for other
> type-support functions, which is why I recommend moving back to that
> from the ST_* versions that are currently in there.
>
> P.
>
> On Fri, Jan 23, 2009 at 11:31 AM, Obe, Regina <robe.dnd at cityofboston.gov> wrote:
>> Paul,
>> You realize this is not a complete list.  A cursory glance looks like
>> you left out all the long transaction support functions.
>>
>> Also all those geometry_ functions you kept, I would prefer they don't
>> start with geometry.
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
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>> Ramsey
>> Sent: Friday, January 23, 2009 2:08 PM
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>> Subject: [postgis-devel] Function Naming
>>
>> I've placed my review in SVN here: docs/rfc/postgis_rfc_03_sheet.txt
>> You should be able to open it with any spreadsheet program that reads
>> tab-separated intput.
>> Please do a review in your abundant spare time.
>> Functions marked PUBLIC/KEEP should be part of the documentation.
>> Everything else should be invisible. We have a large collection of
>> functions that have been deprecated since 1.2. However, removing them
>> *will* break some client apps (mapserver, for example).
>> Hopefully the rest of it is self-explanatory.
>> P.
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