Thread: New C18 3.0+ Compatible FRC Code
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Re: New C18 3.0+ Compatible FRC Code
Great design. Just a word about words.

The *_Spin() functions are great -- it's just that in my little robot namespace world "spin" refers to when the robot turns around its axis. (We set up the joystick so one of the buttons calls the spin() routine that makes the robot turn on a dime.) When I saw "spin" that's what I thought it meant; I had to study the code to see what it really meant.

Is "spin" so standard in the embedded world that I should invent a new term for "turning on a dime"? (Diming? What if you only turn 90 degrees? Is that Quartering?) Or can we name the _Spin() functions something else? _WhileWeAreWaitingForNewData()? _StudyHall()? _Loitering()?

Sorry for the bad jokes, but I'm seriously concerned about overloading the term "spin"...

It just me?
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