Show, display or print - consistency in help

John Arbash Meinel john at arbash-meinel.com
Mon Oct 29 17:02:05 GMT 2007


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Matthew Revell wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> At the moment, we use "display", "print" and "show" in the help. I'd
> like to standardise on one of these.
> 
> "Display" concerns me because it sounds tied to a monitor, whereas the
> output can be piped elsewhere.
> 
> "Print" seems a little anachronistic to me.
> 
> I prefer "show", because it's short and, I think, works well no matter
> where the output is piped.
> 
> Does anyone else have a preference?
> 

I don't really like "print". "Show" also doesn't really work for me when the
output is redirected (since it is not shown).

"Write to stdout" would be the most technically correct.

I would probably standardize on "Show" nonetheless.

John
=:->

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