Re: outlet v. context

[Dan Eble]

On Jul 7, 2020, at 19:20, Carl Sorensen <carl.d.sorensen@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> The only time I would like a member function of a class to have a verb name 
> is when it causes a side effect.
> 
> When the job of a function is to return a result that can be used elsewhere, 
> to me the goal is a result, and hence, it is a noun.  flag() refers to an 
> object -- a flag.  get_flag focuses on the action, not the result.  And most 
> often, it's the result that I want -- which is a noun.

I'll flag() your message and consider it later this evening.

Should we also consider the Scheme language?
git grep 'ly:get' scm
— 
Dan