Are extension functions on `LazyListScope` expected to be UpperCamelCase? I know they aren't composa...

# compose

[eygraber]

Are extension functions on LazyListScope expected to be UpperCamelCase? I know they aren't composable functions, but they wrap them in a lot of cases (i.e. they hide calls to item or items inside of them) and so it looks weird in a composable function to see a function call that looks like it will emit UI, but named in lowerCamelCase.

[Travis Griggs]

I've had this observation as well.

[Loney Chou]

Functions are generally named in lowerCamelCase. Only constructor-like functions (Job(), SerializersModule {}) and @Composable functions that emit UI are named UpperCamelCase. If it itself isn't @Composable, it should be named in lower, and if it is @Composable but doesn't emit UI, it's also named lower.

[eygraber]

I understand but these feel like they emit UI (even though they don't directly)

[Loney Chou]

Yeah it is whether direct or not that decides its case, in order to tell whether something can be called in a @Composable context. Like, "yeah it's all upper, then why can't I call Box inside LazyListScope?".

[eygraber]

All true, it just feels like a gray area, and the code looks weird to me

[eygraber]

For example reportItems looks out of place here.

Box {
  LazyColumn {
    reportItems()
  }
}

fun LazyListScope.reportItems() {
  items(...) {
    Card(...)
  }
}

[dewildte]

I did the same thing here.
And I kind of regret it lol.
I can not explain why exactly, but to me it just… “smells funny”
Mind you stickyHeader is basically the same idea, and it is lowercase.
Just like item {…} and items(…) {…}.

[dewildte]

I think the 3 above mentioned items are fine because they are generic enough to apply to all LazyListScope but .reportItems feels like its specific to a particular UI that shows `Report`s.
maybe it should be internal or private?

[eygraber]

Yeah it would be private, I just threw something together quickly.

[dewildte]

If private is the case then that seems totally fine.