From: dblack@...
Date: 2005-12-08T04:03:39+09:00
Subject: Re: injecting dynamic methods into a class

Hi --

On Thu, 8 Dec 2005, MenTaLguY wrote:

>> Right -- it's about what to call singleton classes, and I wish people
>> would discuss it and then let Matz decide.
>
> I think that's what people are doing, basically.  That discussion is
> simply going to be accomplished a bit differently than it would be for a
> feature of the programming language itself.  The negotiation of new
> human vocabulary involves trying alternatives in the real world and
> seeing what sticks.

Can't we just look at this as what it is, instead of finding a huge,
trans-historical thing that tells us what it "should" be?  Let's just
let Matz decide.  Sorry to be so pedestrian :-)

> Based on Matz's most recent post, it sounds like that's what he's
> waiting for too.

I interpreted it differently; he said, as I read it, that he's
sticking with singleton class for now.  But as I've said, this is a
done deal: people are going to use a bunch of different terms, no
matter who says what at this point.


David

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