What would be the approach to the use case that Shaun discussed? Would there be separate nodes for filtering each ROS message? On Nov 13, 2012 8:03 AM, "Lorenz Mösenlechner" wrote: > +1 Brian > > On Tue, Nov 13, 2012 at 5:01 PM, Brian Gerkey > wrote: > > On Tue, Nov 13, 2012 at 7:45 AM, 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. > > > > While that approach can make it easier to develop certain tools, it > > runs contrary to what we've been trying to do with standard message > > formats. The message definition tells you as much about the semantics > > of the data as it does about the syntax. I think that we're better > > off using semantically typed messages wherever possible. > > > > brian. > > _______________________________________________ > > ros-users mailing list > > ros-users@code.ros.org > > https://code.ros.org/mailman/listinfo/ros-users > > > > -- > Lorenz Mösenlechner | moesenle@in.tum.de > Technische Universität München | Karlstraße 45 > 80335 München | Germany > http://ias.cs.tum.edu/ | Tel: +49 (89) 289-26910 > _______________________________________________ > ros-users mailing list > ros-users@code.ros.org > https://code.ros.org/mailman/listinfo/ros-users >