Re: Naming conventions for private virtual methods
Daniel <danielaparker@gmail.com> wrote in
news:0be77c62-9923-4477-97ad-1f9a0f35c3c3@googlegroups.com:
I know, nobody likes this kind of question, but there aren't many
questions these days, so ...
Consider a case of private virtual inheritance where the motivation is
to have overloading on the preferred method name "value".
class base
{
public:
void value(int val)
{
// calls value_
}
void value(long val)
{
// calls value_
}
void value(long long val)
{
// calls value_
}
private:
virtual void value_(long long val) = 0;
};
class derived : public base
{
private:
// implements value_
};
Can anyone suggest a reasonable naming convention for the overridable
private method value_? I've seen variants of "doValue",
"value_long_long", and "value_event". Any commonly used conventions?
FWIW, I am naming private/protected virtual functions (this means most
virtual functions) with prefix Do. In your example it would be something
like DoSetValue(). However, I would not have multiple functions calling
it, instead there would be a single nonvirtual SetValue() which is
checking pre- and postconditions etc. If overloads are indeed needed, I
would probably need to invent a third name for them.
hth
Paavo
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