[rgui-dev] Re: GUItopia mixin names

[Tom Sawyer]

pedant away! :-)

thank you, Harry,

in fact i am the worst speller i know, so yes indeed i misspelled
Changeable. FYI, though, the names of these mixins, as i posted on the
dev list are quite up in the air. i agree with you that names are
important and so i am working on the most appropriate ones. thanks for
the suggestion. perhaps if i summed the basic idea of the two you might
think of something most suitable, as it seems you are quite adept with
words.

Eventable: Monitor method calls. When a method is called which has an
automagical binding specified for it, then execute that bound procedure.

Changeable: Monitor instance variables and class variables. When a
variable changes that has an automagical binding specified for it, then
execute that bound procedure.

thanks again,
tom



On Thu, 2002-08-22 at 15:33, Harry Ohlsen wrote:
> Hi Tom,
> 
> This is intended as *constructive* criticism, so please don't take offence.
> 
> I notice in your post you mentioned that one of the mixins is called 
> "Changable".  That may be a typo, but just in case ... the correct spelling 
> in my dictionary is "Changeable" ... even in "American English", I believe 
> :-).
> 
> Personally, I'd prefer something like "Malleable", because to me the main 
> meaning of changeable is "fickle" (although the dictionary certainly ascribes 
> your intended meaning, too), whereas malleable implies that you can modify 
> the thing, which I presume is the intent?
> 
> Eventable isn't a word at all, of course.  Is the intention that it implies 
> the object can handle events?  In that case, perhaps it could be called 
> something akin to Controllable.
> 
> My apologies if you see this as pedantry ... but I *am* a pedant :-).  It's 
> just that, to me, naming is a very important part of an interface (API).
> 
> Anyway, good luck with the project.  I think almost everyone would like a 
> clean, "standard" GUI for Ruby.  I know I would!
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Harry O.
> 
> 
-- 
~transami