amusecode
inconsistency in naming
Both SSE & SeBa have AMUSE function to retrieve the wind mass loss rates of the stars, however the names are different. SSE: get_mass_loss_wind SeBa: get_wind_mass_loss_rate I'd recommend we stay with the latter, as the former does not specify that it is a rate rather then an amount of mass.
In addition:
Some text missing here I guess? It would be good to harmonize function/method names more, I agree.
Would it be possible to adjust the interfaces to have at least one working option for each code? With the idea of the ease of switching between community codes in AMUSE, this is currently not possible if the function names change.
I think that if a function does exactly the same, the name of that function should also be the same (facilitating switching codes). If it does something nearly the same, we should be more careful - to prevent unexpected behaviour when switching codes.
This ties in with the plan to write a whitepaper on a common API for (stellar evolution) codes.