From: Douglas Livingstone <rampant@...>
Date: 2005-02-04T08:16:30+09:00
Subject: Re: [Terminology] What's the Ruby/OO name for this paradigm?

> e.g. we do this a lot at work:
> 
> one(args) {
>   ensure thread safety;
>   return two(args)
> }
> 
> two(args) {
>   ensure constraint satisfaction;
>   return three(args)
> }
> 
> three(args) {
>   do the actual work;
>   return the actual result;
> }
> 
> Is that the same thing you're using it for?

Reminds me of decorators[1] except applied to functions instead of
objects. (Well.. OK... functions are objects... clss sense then...)

Douglas

[1]http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?DecoratorPattern