From: dblack@...
Date: 2006-07-26T00:45:16+09:00
Subject: Re: I'll have the duck!

Hi --

On Tue, 25 Jul 2006, Daniel DeLorme wrote:

> dblack@wobblini.net wrote:
>> The problem is that "duck typing" is already "taken" :-)
>
> *sigh*
> And So, Faced With Insurmountable Semantic Opposition And A
> Total Lack Of Suggestions, I Was Faced With The Lonely Task
> Of Renaming My Proof-Of-Concept Module, Carefully Removing
> Any Offending Reference To The Word "Duck":

I have no idea how or when or why this all got so acrimonious.  For
what it's worth, names like dependent_method (as in your second
iteration) are much more expressive and communicative than duck and
quack and so on.  But you should use whatever names you like.  I'm
only pointing out potential pitfalls.


David

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