Bugzilla – Bug 4795
insufficient documentation of 'pieceName' vs. 'PieceName'
Last modified: 2020-08-11 21:21:55 CEST
Split from bug 4769. Unless and until one of the properties 'pieceName' or 'PieceName' is renamed they should be made distinct in the designerguide and other documentation. 1) Incorporate this explanation by Brent Easton into the documentation: " The pieceName property (reference by $pieceName$ in the label) returns the name of the piece WITHOUT the label, so you can use it in the format for the label to add the label text to the piece name. $pieceName$ only exists locally within the text label trait. The PieceName property ($PieceName$) is something completely different. It is a Basic piece property that returns the entire piece name, including the name generated by the text label. So if you reference $PieceName$ within a text label, you get an infinite loop as the text label tries build the piece name using $PieceName$ which needs the text label to build the piece name using $PieceName$ which needs the text label... Essentially, PieceName or $PieceName$ should never be used in the Text Label Name Format, you should only be using the two options in the insert drop-down, pieceName and label. " 2) Add 'pieceName' to the table in the Basic Piece section, page 44, immediately adjacent to 'PieceName'. 3) Contrast 'pieceName' with 'PieceName' in the Text Label section, page 64. 4) There are five uses of 'PieceName' in examples in the Using Properties chapter, pages 17 and 18. Would these examples be more realistic if 'pieceName' were used instead?