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  • From: John Cowan <jcowan AT reutershealth.com>
  • To: kevin AT puppethead.com (Kevin Herrboldt)
  • Cc: xom-interest AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [XOM-interest] toXML() instead of getStringForm()?
  • Date: Wed, 25 Sep 2002 14:47:50 -0400 (EDT)

Kevin Herrboldt scripsit:

> toXML() is actually what I ended up going with for my own code, and I
> think it is a clear and natural choice for XOM. It describes exactly
> what you're getting. I also think getStringForm() is a good example of
> a "passive" function name (think active vs. passive voice writing) and
> isn't very clear to someone who is new to XOM, whereas toXML() is.

+1

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