[Zope3-dev] .App+

Barry A. Warsaw barry@zope.com
Wed, 27 Mar 2002 14:17:39 -0500


>>>>> "RDM" == R David Murray <bitz@bitdance.com> writes:

    >> And, to be honest, if we're gonna change at one end, why not at
    >> the other too?
    >> +App+ makes much more sense to me than .App., .App+, +App. or
    >> even ...App... ;-)

    RDM> Hmm.  I like '.' as the leading character.  Given the recent
    RDM> change to make the leading '.' be the "current package", I
    RDM> think the analogy with the unix convention of '.' being the
    RDM> current directory provides a strong intuitive link for that
    RDM> usage, just as the + being the regex for "one or more"
    RDM> provides a strong intuitive link for its usage for the
    RDM> repeating trailing portion.

I agree completely.
-Barry