From: Jos Backus Date: 2010-11-26T11:50:38+09:00 Subject: [ruby-core:33399] Re: [Ruby 1.9-Feature#4085][Open] Refinements and nested methods --000e0cd486446d504c0495ebc9cb Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Hi, On Thu, Nov 25, 2010 at 6:28 PM, Shugo Maeda wrote: > 2010/11/26 Jos Backus : > > Regarding naming: how about using the name `use' instead of `using'? This > > would be in line with other names such as `include', `extend', etc. > > Some other people said the same, but I think `using' is better than > `use' because `use' is already used in Rack. > Drat. You're right, I forgot about Rack. The only other possibly appropriate verb I can think of at the moment is `introduce'. I'm just not crazy about breaking the mold with the use of a gerund form here, that's all. Not a big deal in the grand scheme of things. :) Cheers, Jos -- Jos Backus jos at catnook.com --000e0cd486446d504c0495ebc9cb Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi,

On Thu, Nov 25, 2010 at 6:28 PM, Shug= o Maeda <shugo@= ruby-lang.org> wrote:
2010/11/26 Jos Backus <jos@catnook.co= m>:
> Regarding naming: how about using the name `use' instead of `using= '? This
> would be in line with other names such as `include', `extend',= etc.

Some other people said the same, but I think `using' is better than
`use' because `use' is already used in Rack.

Drat. You're right, I forgot abo= ut Rack.

The only other possibly appropriate verb = I can think of at the moment is `introduce'. I'm just not crazy abo= ut breaking the mold with the use of a gerund form here, that's all. No= t a big deal in the grand scheme of things. :)

Cheers,
Jos
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Jos Backus
jos= at catnook.com
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