I perfectly know that, there is no need to be rude. When writing an article you need know what is your target audience. In my case for this article this is not targetted at beginner/intermediate level in C++, most of them won't probably exactly the term used in the standard but will have knowledgde about other langage where the term "methods" or from their OO courses.
Maybe I should add a paragraph explaining that, but while writing it I made the choice of not mentionning it, maybe it is was a bad choice, but criticism does not allow you to be rude.
I really hope I misunderstood the meaning of "nit" in this context.
"Nit" = "Minor point, almost not worth mentioning." Nothing I wrote would be interpreted by a native English speaker as rude. Perhaps you shouldn't assume someone is being rude to start.
Personally, I always try to refer to things by the proper names. If you are teaching C++, best to use the correct C++ terms regardless of what they're called in other languages. To clarify things for non-C++ readers, I would have written as expository note:
What are called "methods" in other object-oriented programming languages are called "member functions" in C++.
Oh sorry, the meaning I got from my online dictionary was something like "moron" or "cretin". I guess I overreacted, sorry again 😅
You got a point, I could have introduced it this way. I will think about update the article.
I perfectly know that, there is no need to be rude. When writing an article you need know what is your target audience. In my case for this article this is not targetted at beginner/intermediate level in C++, most of them won't probably exactly the term used in the standard but will have knowledgde about other langage where the term "methods" or from their OO courses.
Maybe I should add a paragraph explaining that, but while writing it I made the choice of not mentionning it, maybe it is was a bad choice, but criticism does not allow you to be rude.
I really hope I misunderstood the meaning of "nit" in this context.
"Nit" = "Minor point, almost not worth mentioning." Nothing I wrote would be interpreted by a native English speaker as rude. Perhaps you shouldn't assume someone is being rude to start.
Personally, I always try to refer to things by the proper names. If you are teaching C++, best to use the correct C++ terms regardless of what they're called in other languages. To clarify things for non-C++ readers, I would have written as expository note:
And then used "member functions" thereafter.
Oh sorry, the meaning I got from my online dictionary was something like "moron" or "cretin". I guess I overreacted, sorry again 😅
You got a point, I could have introduced it this way. I will think about update the article.
Yes, "nit" is commonly short for "nitpick" — though I now learned it can also be used as short for "nitwit," but that's not how I meant it.