[postgis-users] [GENERAL] $foo $bar is BAD

[Steve Cole]

Huh?  Seriously?



On Friday, April 15, 2016, Peter Devoy <peter at 3xe.co.uk> wrote:

> On 16 Apr 2016 3:21 am, "Andrew Sullivan" <ajs at anvilwalrusden.com
> <javascript:;>> wrote:
> >
> > For whatever it's worth, given the CoC discussions I didn't find that
> > especially funny (or offensive or anything), but I did think it the
> > sort of thing that could annoy people already sensitive to this sort
> > of thing.
> >
> > A
> >
> > On Sat, Apr 16, 2016 at 03:00:59AM +0100, Peter Devoy wrote:
> > > > Although people commonly use $foo $bar in examples, it is actually a
> misuse of a VERY rude acronym.
> > >
> > > > The next time you need to make an example, please try being a little
> more original (or meaningful) with your variable names.
> > >
> > > In light of recent CoC decisions, I would like to propose the
> > > opposite.  I think more expletives would
> > > diversify the language of the documentation and lower the barriers to
> > > contribution by individuals more
> > > dispositioned to use colourful language due to their cultural and/or
> > > socioeconomic background. O:-)
> > >
> > >
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> > Andrew Sullivan
> > ajs at anvilwalrusden.com <javascript:;>
>
>
> I shall note that it's still too sore a topic for list humour.  I hope
> that anyone I may have annoyed
> can seek comfort in the fact that I am an egalitarian and, by
> extension, if I have accidentally
> annoyed anyone, it is my sincere hope that I have annoyed everyone else
> equally!
>
> And with that in mind, I was half serious about my point RE: the docs,
> albeit an absurd one.  The
> subtext was that, to me, it seems that an argument for removing 'rude'
> words should hold as much
> weight as one for introducing them or doing nothing at all.
>
> Best wishes
>
>
> Peter
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