Re: Opinion: [input] should be called [output] ...

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1997

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texte = >>Rename this context to [output] to make it indicate what it's actually>>doing - changing the data that's [output] from the database ... :)>>Depends on how you look at it...we had trouble naming this one because you>can think of it in two ways. Our version is that it's preparing text for>input fields in a form, with

being the most important input>field in this case.Maybe a better name for the [input] context would be [textarea] then ...because that's the one and only place where it is ever used, right? Atleast most people would not try to use it on the page directly, becauseit's new name would imply that it belongs inside the <textarea> html objectand nowhere else ... :)Sincerely, Ken Grome ..... ken@iav.comhttp://usarea.net/home.html

Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

<li>Re: Opinion: [input] should be called [output] ... (Kenneth Grome <ken@iav.com> 1997)</li>

<li><a href="page.dna?numero=11701">Re: Opinion: [input] should be called [output] ...</a> (Kenneth Grome <ken@iav.com> 1997)</li>

<li><a href="page.dna?numero=11700">Re: Opinion: [input] should be called [output] ...</a> (Grant Hulbert <granth@smithmicro.com> 1997)</li>

<li><a href="page.dna?numero=11699">Re: Opinion: [input] should be called [output] ...</a> (Grant Hulbert <granth@smithmicro.com> 1997)</li>

<li><a href="page.dna?numero=11697">Re: Opinion: [input] should be called [output] ...</a> (Kenneth Grome <ken@iav.com> 1997)</li>

<li><a href="page.dna?numero=11696">Opinion: [input] should be called [output] ...</a> (Kenneth Grome <ken@iav.com> 1997)</li>

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>>Rename this context to [output] to make it indicate what it's actually>>doing - changing the data that's [output] from the database ... :)>>Depends on how you look at it...we had trouble naming this one because you>can think of it in two ways. Our version is that it's preparing text for>input fields in a form, with <textarea> being the most important input>field in this case.Maybe a better name for the <a target="_parent" href="page.dna?numero=182">[input]</a> context would be [textarea] then ...because that's the one and only place where it is ever used, right? Atleast most people would not try to use it on the page directly, becauseit's new name would imply that it belongs inside the <textarea> html objectand nowhere else ... :)Sincerely, Ken Grome ..... ken@iav.comhttp://usarea.net/home.html

Kenneth Grome <ken@iav.com>

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