Need suggestion on option name for upcoming MCE 1.2 release [SOLVED]

marioroy has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

Edit: The option name was renamed to "user_tasks". Updated the URL.

Dearest Perl Monks,

A upcoming Many-core Engine for Perl (MCE) release 1.2 is near completion. The release will support tasklets. The question I have is should the new option name stay "tasklets" or be named "sets" or something else?

use threads;
use threads::shared;

use MCE;

my $mce = MCE->new(
   input_data => \@ip_list,
   chunk_size => 500,
   tasklets => [{
      max_workers => 8,
      use_threads => 0,
      user_func   => \&pinger
   },{
      max_workers => 48,
      use_threads => 1,
      user_func   => \&poller
   },{
      max_workers => 8,
      use_threads => 1,
      user_func   => \&db
   }]
);

$mce->run();
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After some thought, I'm thinking that "tasklets" is fitting here? But maybe "sets" is fitting. Yikes, just coming up with the name for the new option is harder than I had imagined.

Thanks, Mario

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Re: Need suggestion on option name for upcoming MCE 1.2 release by ColonelPanic (Friar) on Nov 28, 2012 at 13:05 UTC
To me, a "tasklet" sounds like a tiny task or a subpart of a task. I am not familiar with MCE, but from the link it appears that this new option is a group of multiple tasks. If it doesn't collide with an existing concept in your module, why not just name it "tasks"? Or, if tasks is not specific enough, something like "task_set" or "task_group". "sets" plural implies multiple groups of things. Do you have multiple groups, or just one group of tasks? When's the last time you used duct tape on a duct? --Larry Wall	[reply]
Re^2: Need suggestion on option name for upcoming MCE 1.2 release [SOLVED] by marioroy (Prior) on Nov 28, 2012 at 13:13 UTC
The current MCE has these options: user_begin, user_func, user_end. The new option 'user_tasks' seems appropriate. Thank you for your suggestions and guidance on the matter.	[reply]
Re^2: Need suggestion on option name for upcoming MCE 1.2 release [SOLVED] by marioroy (Prior) on Nov 28, 2012 at 13:20 UTC
The new option takes an array of tasks. One group of tasks.	[reply]
Re: Need suggestion on option name for upcoming MCE 1.2 release by Don Coyote (Hermit) on Nov 28, 2012 at 13:17 UTC
'sets' has already connotations and is used widely. 'tasklets' is fairly unique and is probably already commonly used within the working group. 'user_tasks' does have a sense of ownership about it which is helpful/clear, then again tasklet/s does have a good ring to it. post critical suggestion... 'shreds', deriving from 'shared threads' truncated to 'shreads' perhaps, though the latter could indicate code of an undesired nature. The former, well I never put a cpu through a paper shredder but maybe fun to see what happens. And welcome to the shredding renaissance :p	[reply]
Re^2: Need suggestion on option name for upcoming MCE 1.2 release [SOLVED] by marioroy (Prior) on Nov 28, 2012 at 13:41 UTC
Thank you.	[reply]
Re: Need suggestion on option name for upcoming MCE 1.2 release by Anonymous Monk on Nov 28, 2012 at 09:32 UTC
I'm leery of new vocabulary, ie tasklets	[reply]
Re^2: Need suggestion on option name for upcoming MCE 1.2 release [SOLVED] by marioroy (Prior) on Nov 28, 2012 at 12:40 UTC
I will change the option name. Thank you.	[reply]
Re^3: Need suggestion on option name for upcoming MCE 1.2 release [SOLVED] by marioroy (Prior) on Nov 28, 2012 at 13:06 UTC
I settled on "user_tasks" for the new option name. Thanks.	[reply]