On 2011/04/22 22:05, Nicolas Cellier wrote:
> Thanks everybody for your answers.
>
> I abandon argSh because mostly French and don't translate well in English.
> I abandon sh because there is no reason to abbreviate that much (again
> mostly a French usage).
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> Basically there are two choices to make
> - arcus (arc) vs area (ar) or just a (stdlib, matlab etc...)
> - lowercase or camelCase
>
> I abandon arcus because not correct, though it seems widely used, even
> by computer algebra references (hey, I think they copy each other).
> My point is that Smalltalk goal is primarily to educate.
>
> By homogeneity with arcSin I abandon asinh... We don't have asin, no
> reason to abbreviate that much.
> By homogeneity with already existing arcSin I will also choose camelCase.
>
> Between arSinh and areaSinh I choose arSinh because a bit more
> standard (recommended by an ISO 31-11)
> Also, if sine and hyperbolic are abbreviated, why wouldn't area?
>
> Now, the question of the final H or h remains
>
>      sinH cosH tanH
>      arSinH arCosH arTanH
>
> Or:
>
>      sinh cosh tanh
>      arSinh arCosh arTanh
>
> Though H would be more correct since clearly belonging to another word,
> I personnally find it unaesthetic (maybe just because I'm not used to it ?)
> Also it would make Smalltalk choice different from any other language
> for a minor reason.
>
> Using sinHyp and arSinHyp as Bert suggested would equilibrate the
> camelCasing, but would put us a bit further off the standards.
> So my preference is for keeping sinh (but sinH would not hurt me that much...)
>
> Nicolas

I certainly appreciate the depth of thought you've put into naming 
things, Nicolas!

Of the two options I'd vote for sinh / arSinh, mainly because that's 
closer to what I've seen in my maths textbooks.

frank

> 2011/4/22 Louis LaBrunda<Lou at keystone-software.com>:
>> With respect to the camelcase question only, I think we can look at it from
>> two directions.  A Smalltalk programmer looking to do some math work would
>> expect to find the functions implemented in methods with camelcase names. A
>> math person, new to Smalltalk would expect to find the functions
>> implemented in methods with names commonly used for math.
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>> Can we have both (I know that might be a lot of work).  Implement with what
>> ever naming convention you prefer and in a loadable package implement with
>> the other naming convention as extensions that call the methods named in
>> the main package.
>>
>> I apologize in advance for possibly adding to anyone's work load.
>>
>> Lou
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