Refer to lines as "lines" instead of "rows"

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Refer to lines as "lines" instead of "rows" #114

Open remram44 opened 8 years ago

remram44 commented 8 years ago

The term "row" is very surprising and quite inappropriate for code. It is usually reserved for tables and the like (where columns are equally important), not for text. I'm not sure how this has been translated to other languages, but the English version "row" should probably be replaced.

(provided that it does, indeed refer to line of codes?)

adam-waldenberg commented 8 years ago

Hi. True. In many other languages they often mean the same thing. That being said, it is also common to refer to text in ascii files in rows and columns.

I'll keep this open. Maybe it should actually be changed.

wstomv commented 3 years ago

I also found this terminology confusing. I looked in vain to find out what gitinspector considers a row. Rows are for databases and tables; source code has lines (LOC = lines of code); I have never seen a LOC referred to as row (except now, in gitinspector :-).

Suggestions:

Devote an item in the FAQ to this.
(Better) Provide (more) documentation on the metrics, and explain the terminology there.