So what about internationalization?
Id will understand almost everybody.
LastChangedDate sounds like English, probably it is English?
I know, this is kind of heavy. But its not all just Egnlish speaking. And I know a lot of customers that are willing to accept "Id", but never "LastChangedDate".
Ben Collins-Sussman schrieb:
> Greg Stein <gstein@lyra.org> writes:
>
> > The keywords seem awfully lengthy. I'd like to suggest some alternatives:
> >
> > LastChangedRevision -> Revision
> > LastChangedDate -> Date
> > LastChangedBy -> Author
>
> We had the same debate in Chicago. I agree that they're annoyingly
> long, BUT... remember that expanded keywords show up in documents that
> are read by people who know nothing about version control. If they
> see a "$Date: ...$", or "$Author: ...$" in a document, they may think
> that the document was created on a single date or written by a single
> author. The "LastChanged" prefix indicates that the document has
> evolved, via many authors.
>
> Is this silly?
>
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