Re: [bv-dev] Name for path nodes representing return values
Hi,
I always liked $retval or maybe just retval. In the end we are also using arg0, arg1, etc.
I like the shorter retval better than returnValue, because I think it fits better with
arg<number>.
The '$' tried to denote somehow that this is a special name value, but I guess
this could be just dropped.
--Hardy
On 8 Jan 2013, at 12:51 PM, Gunnar Morling <gunnar(a)hibernate.org> wrote:
Experts,
another issue where we need some feedback is BVAL-368, which is about the name of path
nodes representing return values.
As per the current draft, Node#getName() returns null in that case. Question is, whether
we should return something more meaningful, and if so, which value.
The RI used to return "$retval" before we change this to match the spec.
Another obvious option would be "returnValue". Having a standardized node name
for return value nodes would also help with better toString() implementations for j.v.Path
(although that's not standardized).
Any thoughts?