How can I get out of this mailing list ? :( On Tue, Nov 13, 2012 at 5:51 PM, Armin Hornung < HornungA@informatik.uni-freiburg.de> wrote: > On 2012-11-13 16:47, Advait Jain wrote: > >> I agree with Shaun. >> >> My personal preference is for the message name to reflect the message >> data type as opposed to what the message is used for. >> >> The topic name can then tell us whether the message is being used for >> humidity or pressure. >> >> >> > > +1, that's the same way I see it (and what I considered "best practice"). > The topic name can give you the semantics while the message gives you the > syntax, i.e., just names what is stored in it (see e.g. PoseStamped or the > "Empty" srv that is used for all kinds of tasks). Just call rename the > fields "temperature", "illuminance", "fluid_pressure" etc to "value" and > you have the same message definition. > > > > -- > Armin Hornung > Humanoid Robots Lab, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg > Contact: http://www.informatik.uni-**freiburg.de/~hornunga > > > ______________________________**_________________ > ros-users mailing list > ros-users@code.ros.org > https://code.ros.org/mailman/**listinfo/ros-users > -- Best regards ------------------------------------------------------------------- Hassan Abdugaleel Eldeeb Instructor at Warajulaan Academy Tanta University | Computer Engineering & Automatic Control dept. Email: ha.eldeeb@gamil.com | hassan.eldeeb@recyclobekia.com mob: 010 56 25 160