WordSignature

Last edit May 10, 2014

The WordSignature is the complete information about the word of a LopLanguage (e.g. ThelopLanguage).

It contains:

word (e.g. File)
class (e.g. object)
meaning (e.g. represents a file)
parameters (e.g. 1)
effects (e.g. none)

There may be

examples
comments

LOP says that a function signature (ThelopNameSignature, NameSignature) should be identical to the combined signatures of the words from which the function name is built. This is called consistency (LopConsistency, ThelopConsistency).

I sometimes call it WalkYourTalk. -- HelmutLeitner

This means that

Any parameter of a function (or method) must have some kind of representation in the function name.
There must be no activity of a function that can't be derived from the meaning of the constructing words (the meaning of its name).

See also: LanguageOrientedProgramming