Re^2: What should I name my module?

If you can't come up with even part of a name for it after you wrote most of it, then I can't come up with a name for it based on a vague or at least imprecise description.

Valid criticism. :-)

I wrote it for another purpose then I think people might use it for. It's a solution looking for a problem.

I added a part of a definition of a object at the top.

Is that enough to understand?

Update:

If I put it like this:

I wrote above "think of a backend to an XML editor with an API so you can implement a data model" A backend to a smart XML editor, might be a good definition.

And it is hard to describe! I played the game 15+ years ago and it took a while to understand how it could be modeled without all the exceptions in the the rules making it really ugly code.

I am proud, it was a hard problem that imho resulted in quite a neat package of functionality.

There must be similar things, but I've never seen them. I am trying to describe something new. (-: And my verbal talents suck. :-)

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Re^3: What should I name my module? by tye (Sage) on Sep 08, 2005 at 06:53 UTC
Personally, I'm still lost as to the point of your module. (Which is likely more a reflection on me than on your module.) You've provided some sample input. (Thanks.) How about some sample output? What does this module give you or do for you? I don't know what modeling a class hierarchy means or is meant to acomplish. Point out dependency loops? List properties of leaf classes? - tye	[reply]
Re^4: What should I name my module? by BerntB (Deacon) on Sep 08, 2005 at 07:52 UTC
Oh, I am a terrible pedagogue. The idea is, basically, to build something that follows a specification/rule system. It builds models using parts mapped onto objects. It has support for changing an object tree using the rule system. The output is in XML. A simple cgi user interface, first. This specification for data can be defined as: Superset of XML Schema, with code that do tests. After designing and writing an app that will solve my problem, I find that the data model is easily mapped onto the XML hierarchical tag structure. (-: A long and hard way to rediscover XML. :-) A version 2 of my program would probably use XML Schemas as part, for the familiarity to users.	[reply]