From: Daniel DeLorme <dan-ml@...42.com>
Date: 2006-07-08T21:16:47+09:00
Subject: Re: About 1.9 #__method__ feature.

transfire@gmail.com wrote:
>   object_id
>   object_class
>   object_send
> 
> Then for the all methods that bypass access resitrictions:
> 
>   instance_send
>   instance_eval
>   instance_exec
>   instance_variable_get
>   instance_variable_set
>   instance_variables

I agree with that proposal, and I think it underlines a fundamental dichotomy 
that I've been seeing in the discussion. Basically some people approach this as 
users; they want the names to reflect how the methods are used. And some people 
approach it as language designers; they want the names to reflect what is 
actually going on inside the interpreter. I think the first approach is the 
correct one; an interface is not supposed to reveal all the ugly or complicated 
or subtle details of the architecture within.

Daniel