[swift-evolution] SE-0005 ==> Please keep well know acronyms capitalized!

[charles@charlesism.com]

> Well known acronym capitalization is pervasive in Cocoa APIs and as a result it enables fast and easy comprehension and writing a good quality code.


I could reply "they are confusing because they look like class names and clearly cause a higher number of errors in code." 

My *actual* view is that both forms cause problems, so it doesn't much matter which we go with. 

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> On May 19, 2016, at 1:30 PM, Pavel Kapinos <kapinos at twobytesoftware.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi Charles,
> 
> Thank you for your feedback! But we are not talking here bad or good names per se. Well known acronym capitalization is pervasive in Cocoa APIs and as a result it enables fast and easy comprehension and writing a good quality code. IMO it is quite important for future preservation in Swift 3. Have a good day!
> 
> Cheers,
> Pavel.
> 
>> On May 19, 2016, at 1:20 PM, charles at charlesism.com <charlesism.com at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> I don't believe there's a correct answer here. Both urlHandler and URLHandler are bad names (for instances). Since we're stuck with camelCase, bad names are a fact of life.
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