-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 2/7/11 12:36 , Donn Cave wrote:
I don't know the OpenGL example, but I gather you're talking about an API that's different in a practical way, not just a thin layer with the names spelled differently. In that case, assuming that it really is more Haskell-functional-etc, vive la difference! No one would argue with this, I think.
Usually the low level one is merely a thin layer, whereas the high level one is more than just Haskell conventions but a proper Haskell-style API, using e.g. monads instead of opaque state blobs.
helpfully reveals the actual POSIX 1003.1 function names, but try for example to figure out what has become of the the fairly commonly used "ICANON" flag, without looking at the source. If you're hoping that in the course of time a significantly functionally designed API will come along for any of these things, note that names it might have used are already taken.
+1. The stuff that's a thin wrapper, such as System.Posix.*, should keep names as close to the API it's mirroring as possible; if you want to rename them, do it in the context of an actual Haskell API. - -- brandon s. allbery [linux,solaris,freebsd,perl] allbery.b@gmail.com system administrator [openafs,heimdal,too many hats] kf8nh -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (Darwin) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAk1QiYsACgkQIn7hlCsL25UZ4gCgrS2vGDNqk0QPyPB9+ZVCCYHi oBsAnA5XJyHSozeEny+xlnNcL+K5ZfAy =AfVP -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----