From: Trans <transfire@...>
Date: 2007-01-24T03:35:04+09:00
Subject: Re: Minor Change Proposal for Classes 'Object' and 'Method'


dblack@wobblini.net wrote:

> does not involve a receiving the message "x", in any useful sense of
> the term "receiving".  So I don't think it's just a matter of avoiding
> "future" in a case where something will happen in the future; rather,
> it's a different scenario from a.x.  It's avoiding "receiver" in a
> case where the object in question is not the receiver of the message
> in question.
>
> But I'm in a tiny minority on every phase and nuance of this, so
> that's probably that :-)

I would avoid using the term 'reciever' for wholly different reason --
it has a sense of direction. not a big deal, but directional words can
sometimes have unsuspected consequences in how statements read.

As an alternative I will suggest 'subject' --as in the subject of a
sentence or predicate.

T.