[TYPO3-50-general] (Summary) RFC: Short filenames

[Robert Lemke]

Hi all,

coming back to the original topic of this thread: short filenames.

It seems like most of us are in favor of having shorter filenames so I  
opened a ticket (http://forge.typo3.org/issues/show/2524) and I'm now  
renaming the files.

Althogh there are some interesting bits the discussion, to be honest,  
I still don't see the relation between DDD and conventions for the  
filename. For me the filename is something which has to do with  
infrastructure, not the domain of my software.

Let's discuss DDD in other threads ...

Cheers,
robert


Am 27.01.2009 um 10:53 schrieb Robert Lemke:

> Hi folks,
>
> we've been discussing this back and forth for almost two years  
> now ;-), now I think it's time to put it on the table again.
> As you know the filename of a class file currently reflects the  
> fully qualified class name. The question is if we should change this  
> to the much shorter unqualified class name:
>
>  F3_FLOW3_MVC_Controller_ActionController.php -> ActionController.php
>
> Before you shout "yeah, please", please try hard to think of any  
> disadvantages this might give and discuss them in this thread.  
> Please also give your personal vote: Should we switch to short  
> filenames?
>
> Here are my thoughts:
>
>  Pro:
>
>  - shorter to write
>  - simplifies move-to-different-namespace refactorings
>  - directory structure looks cleaner
>  - shorter file names _might_ help avoiding the "paths can only be  
> 200 characters long" problems on some exotic operating systems
>
>  Con:
>
>  - doesn't give the full hint on the contents  
> (DefaultController.php ?)
>  - name conflicts / confusion when single files are deposited  
> temporarily on the desktop or elsewhere
>  - classes can't be found that easily anymore in Eclipse's resource  
> browser which uses filenames (go to "Navigate" > "Open Resource")
>
> My vote (before discussion): short filenames
>
> Cheers,
> robert
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