create/destroy name change proposal

[Devine, Karen D]

Works for me, Jason.  Thanks!

Karen



On 5/7/10 11:22 AM, "Jason Kraftcheck" <kraftche at cae.wisc.edu> wrote:

> Devine, Karen D wrote:
>> While we are changing names, let's clear up the confusion between "mesh
>> instance" and "mesh."  These functions don't create/destroy a "mesh"; they
>> create/destroy a "mesh instance" (i.e, a mesh database).  Many meshes can be
>> stored in a mesh instance, but we expect that in most cases, only one mesh
>> instance will be used.
>> 
>> How about
>>   iMesh_newMesh --> iMesh_createMeshInstance
>>   iMesh_dtor --> iMesh_destroyMeshInstance
>> 
>> Or, even better, following the example of iMesh_load and iMesh_save,
>>   iMesh_newMesh -->iMesh_create
>>   iMesh_dtor --> iMesh_destroy
>> 
>> Of course, I'd be happy to replace the word "instance" with "database"; any
>> takers? :)
>> 
> 
> It's both: an instance of a database.
> 
> How about iMesh_createInstance and iMesh_destroyInstance or
> iMesh_newInstance and iMesh_delInstance?
> 
> - jason
> 
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