From: Ilias Lazaridis <ilias@...>
Date: 2005-05-10T22:59:27+09:00
Subject: Re: [ETYMOLOGY] - Sterile Classes / Sterile Meta Classes

Ilias Lazaridis wrote:
> Yukihiro Matsumoto wrote:
> 
>> Hi,
>>
>> In message "Re: [ETYMOLOGY] - Sterile Classes / Sterile Meta Classes"
>>     on Mon, 9 May 2005 05:18:05 +0900, Hal Fulton 
>> <hal9000@hypermetrics.com> writes:
>>
>> |If we use such an adjective, I would favor something like:
>> |
>> |   - unique
>> |   - individual
>> |   - solitary
>>
>> Others proposed (forgive me for not mentioning your names, pals):
> 
> Can someone possibly create a page with the entries below and the 
> template on the central ruby-wiki?

http://rubygarden.org/ruby?RenamingSingletonClass

> 
> "
> instructions:
> 
>  * <x> emphasize on the "per-object" characteristic of the object
>  * <x> describes that the class is per-object
>  * <x> is an adjective, or a noun that can be used like an adjective.
>  * "<x> methods" replaces todays term "singleton methods"
> 
> Test Code:
> 
>  obj.<x>_class
>  obj.<x>_methods
>  obj.<x>_attributes
> 
> -
> 
> Usage of the template simplifies the evaluation of the new <x> term.
> 
> .
> "
> 
> <x> candidates:
> 
>>     - singular
>>     - solo
>>     - particular
>>     - self
>>     - ideoclass
>>     - uniclass
>>     - instance
>>     - custom
>>     - tailored
>>     - lone
>>     - distinct
>>     - specific
>>     - customized
>>     - changed
>>     - expanded
>>     - crafted
>>     - decorated
>>     - tailored
>>     - adapted
>>     - adjusted
>>     - transformed
>>     - modified
[...]

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