From: Daniel Carrera <dcarrera@...>
Date: 2003-07-26T05:16:54+09:00
Subject: Re: [ANN] CrossCase-0.01

Cool!
Can you also make a module that turns hungarian notation into 
human-readable code?


On Sat, Jul 26, 2003 at 05:08:57AM +0900, Michael Granger wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I'd like to announce the first release of the 'CrossCase' module: a 
> mixin which auto-generates under_barred aliases for class or instance 
> methods with names which follow the camelCased naming conventions, and 
> vice-versa. E.g., in a class which mixes in CrossCase, defining the 
> #foo_bar method will also create an alias for that method called 
> #fooBar.
> 
> For example:
> 
>   require 'crosscase'
>   class MyClass
> 	  include CrossCase
> 
> 	  def underbarred_method; ...; end
> 	  def camelCasedMethod; ...; end
>   end
> 
>   obj = MyClass::new
>   obj.underbarredMethod
>   obj.camel_cased_method
> 
>   # -or-
> 
>   class MyClass
> 	  def underbarred_method; ...; end
> 	  def camelCasedMethod; ...; end
>   end
> 
>   require 'crosscase'
>   MyClass.extend( CrossCase )
>   obj = MyClass::new
>   obj.underbarredMethod
>   obj.camel_cased_method
> 
> I wrote this module because I prefer camelCased method names, but also 
> wish to respect the preferences of my fellow Rubyists for whom such 
> practices are an abomination. And I'm too lazy to type
> 
>   alias :twinkle_twinkle :twinkleTwinkle
> 
> for every method. It's all about laziness. Or perhaps I'm catering to 
> my hubris. Or both; I'll shut up now.
> 
> The project page is at:
> 
>   http://www.deveiate.org/code/CrossCase.shtml
> 
> and may be downloaded from:
> 
>   http://www.deveiate.org/code/CrossCase-0.01.tar.gz
> 
> This module requires Ruby >= 1.8.0; it has not been tested with 1.6.8 + 
> Ruby-shim, but that may also work as well. Suggestions, bug reports, 
> and comments welcomed.
> --
> Michael Granger <ged@FaerieMUD.org>
> Rubymage, Believer, Architect
> The FaerieMUD Consortium <http://www.FaerieMUD.org/>
> 

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