Anyaddon.Minimap.Button_OnLoad :: what kind of naming is this ?

[ilimo]

hello,

Anyaddon.Minimap.Button_OnLoad

several points between names
is this a way of naming a function or table or anything ??


thank you for your help

[ravagernl]

This is a good idea because:

1. It keeps your code better organized.
2. It is easier to work with locals.

[xConStruct]

A point lets you access the entry in a table by its key ( table.key )

So basically "Anyaddon" is a table and has an entry "Minimap" which is also a table and we access its entry "Button_OnLoad".

[ilimo]

so if i understand correctly :

1- it is a way of naming , just to be more clear
2- it could be also a multi-table

[xConStruct]

It is in every case an access to the entry of a table

What mrruben5 said, is basically that a lot of authors (including me) store their functions and variables in a table, so we've got:
MyAddOn (table)
-- Function1
-- Function2

instead of
MyAddOn_Function1
MyAddOn_Function2

because it keeps the addons' functions more organized and clear, because you see to which thing the function belongs.

[ilimo]

in your exemple : are these the same :

MyAddOn_Function1 = MyAddOn.Function1 ?

(instead of underslash, i used a point )

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because if i understood corectly, MyAddOn_Function1 is a function name
but
MyAddOn.Function1 ( with the point )
could be a function's name or a table member

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i think using points is confusing to understand codes when you go through them

[Seerah]

In your first example, the name of the function is MyAddOn_Function1. In the second, the name of the function is Function1, which is stored in/accessed from the table named MyAddOn. So, no, not the same.

[Medii]

The dot itself really has noting to do with naming, you can't put dots in your variable/function names just like that.

The dot is used to access a value in a table, for example:

local myTable = {}

-- both these lines do the same thing
myTable.one = 1
myTable["one"] = 1

So if you have an myAddon table you can put functions as keys in that table.
for example:

myAddon = {
     PrintHello = function() print("Hello") end
}

You can then run that function by typing:

myAddon.PrintHello()

For more reading about tables: http://www.lua.org/pil/2.5.html