Camelizing a maitre d'Hotel

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

Dear Monks,

Would you be so kind as to share your wisdom on the following question which doesn't let me sleep well for the last few hours:

How would you spell the package name for some instance that is being called maitre d'hotel?

String::CamelCase::camelize("maitre_d'hotel") translates it as MaitreD'Hotel, but using an apostrophe seems to be a pretty risky way. :-)

I have a couple of controversal optinions after some time of googling, so I'd be very grateful for any suggestions from you.

Loads of thanks to all of you in advance!

V.Melnik

P.S. I'd prefer to stick with one of these options: MaitreDHotel and MaitredHotel, and MaitreDeHotel. What would you choose?

P.P.S. Couldn't resist to xpost it to StackOverflow , but it doesn't seem to be appropriate there, so maybe it will be removed by me or by the moderating team :)

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Re: Camelizing a maitre d'Hotel by LanX (Saint) on Feb 03, 2017 at 13:53 UTC
No apostrophe!!! Replace it with an underscore or drop it: like `Maitre_D_Hotel` or `MaitreDHotel` Background is that Perl still supports (the very old) syntax of apostrophe for doublecolon That is a `use MaitreD'Hotel` would be treated like `use MaitreD::Hotel` update compare Acme::Don't Cheers Rolf _{(addicted to the Perl Programming Language and ☆☆☆☆ :) Je suis Charlie!}	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^2: Camelizing a maitre d'Hotel by v_melnik (Scribe) on Feb 03, 2017 at 15:12 UTC
Yes, sure, apostrophe wouldn't be appropriate here. But how to call it? ~~`Maitre::DHotel`, `Maitre::Dhotel`, `MaitreD::Hotel`, `Maitred::Hotel`, `Maitre::D::Hotel`~~ (uh, actually it was kind of sarcasm, I don't need to separate this namespace by 2 parts) V.Melnik	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^3: Camelizing a maitre d'Hotel by LanX (Saint) on Feb 03, 2017 at 15:36 UTC
> `Maitre::DHotel, Maitre::Dhotel, MaitreD::Hotel, Maitred::Hotel, Maitre::D::Hotel` , oh damn it... :) There is no Maitre namespace on CPAN yet. Unless you plan to release `Maitre::Maison` or `Maitre::Bordel` later, I'd stick with MaitreDHotel. see also PadWalker ===Update But if you insist on creating a new namespace drop the D since the :: could be seen as preposition. `Maitre::Hotel` Cheers Rolf _{(addicted to the Perl Programming Language and ☆☆☆☆ :) Je suis Charlie!} UPDATE: typo corected! thanks GotToBTru++	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^4: Camelizing a maitre d'Hotel by v_melnik (Scribe) on Feb 03, 2017 at 17:05 UTC
Re^5: Camelizing a maitre d'Hotel by Anonymous Monk on Feb 03, 2017 at 20:04 UTC
Re: Camelizing a maitre d'Hotel by morgon (Priest) on Feb 03, 2017 at 15:21 UTC
d+apostrophe is short for "de", so why not use that? I'd use "MaitreDeHotel".	[reply]
Re^2: Camelizing a maitre d'Hotel by Laurent_R (Canon) on Feb 03, 2017 at 20:00 UTC
I'd use "MaitreDeHotel". Please, no, it looks to me as a mistake by someone not knowing the French language. `Maitre_d_hotel` or `Maitre_D_Hotel` seem much better to me.	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^3: Camelizing a maitre d'Hotel by Anonymous Monk on Feb 03, 2017 at 20:06 UTC
It means hotel manager, since you asked.	[reply]
Re^4: Camelizing a maitre d'Hotel by Laurent_R (Canon) on Feb 03, 2017 at 20:24 UTC
Re^5: Carmelizing a hotel manager by Anonymous Monk on Feb 03, 2017 at 20:42 UTC
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Re: Camelizing a maitre d'Hotel by Anonymous Monk on Feb 03, 2017 at 20:11 UTC
How would you spell the package name for some instance that is being called maitre d'hotel? Answer. You would not. That is role, not a class. The role is Manager and the class assigned to that role belongs to a Hotel class. If you organize intelligently, such questions are rendered MOOT. :)	[reply]

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