[General:]Pool vs Context

[sschmid]

Hey guys, this is more or less a poll:
What do you guys actually think of the name Pool? I was thinking calling it Context instead of Pool. I started thinking that it might be a better name since we often use it to spilt our games into different 'contexts' like Core, Meta, UI

Let me know what you think, maybe you have even better suggestions...

[JuDelCo]

Pool is more short to write.

Yes, i'm very lazy

[grygus]

I also prefer Pool, i think it's more sexy, like eye candy :)

[SvDvorak]

Pools makes me think of object pools which in one way is fitting because it refers to a pool of objects but at the same time it doesn't fit the Object Pool-pattern itself since we're querying and actually using the pool contents directly. Then again, pool is shorter to write as @JuDelCo mentioned =)

[JamesMcMahon]

Yeah maybe I am just used to it, but I like the terminology Pool. It is a nice description of what it is and I think Context would actually be less clear.

Also JuDelCo is right about it being shorter 🍺

[Fijit]

I also prefer Pool for pretty much the same reasons @JamesMcMahon has already stated. I've used it for years and know what it means as I glance over code.

It also doesn't compete for auto-completion space unlike Context (ContextMenu in UnityEngine for example) - A feeble argument but I needed to add something unique to the poll ;-)

[sschmid]

Seems like you guys are outvoting me :)

[JamesMcMahon]

It's your project Simon so ultimately it's your call. But I will say from experience that sometimes you can stare at a project so long that you see flaws where there are none. 😄

[carlos-avila]

What about "Group"? 😉

[sschmid]

Thanks for your input and opinions. Pool will stay Pool :)
For now... 😈

[sschmid]

Old ghosts being reawakened. After experiencing confusion when talking about object pools and Entitas pools and after writing explanations like "a pool is basically a context" I finally decided to rename Pool to Context  😱