Naming - Is “a log” a single entry or a book of entries?
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This comes up often enough that I want to have a consistent answer with a source. It seems that some programmers (and that is what I care about here, the programming context - not so much the English usage) think that "a log" is a complete record (like one book) of things that have happened and it contains several entries. These programmers would name a database table something like "ContentChangeLog" and call its rows "entries." They wouldn't typically use the term "logs" to describe anything.
There are other programmers who think that "a log" is a single entry inside a collection of logs. They would name a database table something like "ContentChangeLogs" and call its rows "logs."
Is there a non-opinion-based, consistent answer to this, with a source? Thank you.
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This comes up often enough that I want to have a consistent answer with a source. It seems that some programmers (and that is what I care about here, the programming context - not so much the English usage) think that "a log" is a complete record (like one book) of things that have happened and it contains several entries. These programmers would name a database table something like "ContentChangeLog" and call its rows "entries." They wouldn't typically use the term "logs" to describe anything.
There are other programmers who think that "a log" is a single entry inside a collection of logs. They would name a database table something like "ContentChangeLogs" and call its rows "logs."
Is there a non-opinion-based, consistent answer to this, with a source? Thank you.
logging
asked Nov 19 at 18:10
Greg Smalter
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This comes up often enough that I want to have a consistent answer with a source. It seems that some programmers (and that is what I care about here, the programming context - not so much the English usage) think that "a log" is a complete record (like one book) of things that have happened and it contains several entries. These programmers would name a database table something like "ContentChangeLog" and call its rows "entries." They wouldn't typically use the term "logs" to describe anything.
There are other programmers who think that "a log" is a single entry inside a collection of logs. They would name a database table something like "ContentChangeLogs" and call its rows "logs."
Is there a non-opinion-based, consistent answer to this, with a source? Thank you.
logging
asked Nov 19 at 18:10
Greg Smalter
3,93483258
This comes up often enough that I want to have a consistent answer with a source. It seems that some programmers (and that is what I care about here, the programming context - not so much the English usage) think that "a log" is a complete record (like one book) of things that have happened and it contains several entries. These programmers would name a database table something like "ContentChangeLog" and call its rows "entries." They wouldn't typically use the term "logs" to describe anything.
There are other programmers who think that "a log" is a single entry inside a collection of logs. They would name a database table something like "ContentChangeLogs" and call its rows "logs."
Is there a non-opinion-based, consistent answer to this, with a source? Thank you.
logging
logging
asked Nov 19 at 18:10
Greg Smalter
3,93483258
asked Nov 19 at 18:10
Greg Smalter
3,93483258
asked Nov 19 at 18:10
Greg Smalter
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asked Nov 19 at 18:10
Greg Smalter
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asked Nov 19 at 18:10
Greg Smalter
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