From: Sean O'Dell <sean@...>
Date: 2004-06-11T00:33:17+09:00
Subject: Re: [ANN] Ruby/Interface

On Thursday 10 June 2004 01:28, Jean-Hugues ROBERT wrote:
> At 04:55 10/06/2004 +0900, you wrote:
>
> Should be implement?() vs implements?() I believe.
> See include?() for example.
> That is a nice Ruby idiom.

It's not proper English, but perhaps implement? is more "Ruby."

> Also: You are using both "declarative" (like "implements")
> and "imperative" styles (like "add_pattern). I feel like
> "declarative" style would be appropriate in both cases.

On this I totally agree, except for one thing.  Since I can't do:

interface IHash
    pattern [](key)
end

...to create the interface (like class or module) I don't feel like 
declarative is the way to go.  I have no choice but to build interface 
procedurally, so I felt that more action-oriented methods were better.

I think if Matz ever gives developers the ability to do what I did above 
there, I would switch to something more declarative.

	Sean O'Dell