5. What to name things

Date: 2022-07-05

Status

Accepted

Context

In Ophyd.v1 we have Devices. They have:

• Abilities like read(), set()

• Signals like position, readback

In Ophyd.v2 we want to split these into 2 objects, but what to call them?

Decision

• Things with read(), set() are called Devices

• Things with Signals like position, readback are called Comms

• There are factory functions that make Device + Comm composites like Ophyd.v1 Devices

Consequences

Rename Abilities -> Device, Device -> Comm