EnumFacing & EnumDirection8

[kashike]

net.minecraft/util/EnumFacing -> net.minecraft/util/Direction
net.minecraft/util/EnumDirection8 -> net.minecraft/util/Direction8

[ChloeDawn]

I'd suggest CompassDirection over Direction8, as it is more explicit about the contents of the enum class. Direction8 provides no context to the fact that the enum class only holds horizontal directions.

[williewillus]

but Compass doesn't imply 8 either, for all I know it could just be the 4 cardinal directions

[tterrag1098]

There is no good word to imply all 8 cardinal and ordinal directions, I think "compass" is as close as you can get. It's not hard to just look at the class and see what constants are defined, nor is it a stretch to think that a compass direction enum would include ordinal directions.

[pau101]

These two classes shouldn't share much in common with their names. The EnumFacing type includes vertical directions while EnumDirection8 does not, but more generally, the behavior they offer is completely different, therefore warranting differentiation between them beyond the abstract concept of "direction". The referral to EnumFacing as Direction is reasonable given those are general directions with vector functionality, while for EnumDirection8, I propose CompassPoint.

[williewillus]

hmm, I'd almost say I prefer CompassDirection over CompassPoint, Direction is more accurate than Point imo (I'd have to see usages though)

[Pokechu22]

Wiktionary has an article for compass point, but not for compass direction. But, I feel direction is a bit more obvious... so, no strong opinion between the two.

EDIT: all pages starting with compass, for reference.

[pau101]

@williewillus "Point" is used explicitly for the avoidance of "Direction", as comment argued.