From: Rick DeNatale <rick.denatale@...>
Date: 2007-03-08T04:25:49+09:00
Subject: Re: object_* and instance_* methods

On 3/7/07, Daniel DeLorme <dan-ml@dan42.com> wrote:

> But while I don't like the sound of "object_is_a?", I still like the
> sound of "object_class" and "object_method". And I am starting to
> realized that the reason is those methods represent /attributes/ of the
> object while "is_a?" or "taint" are /actions/.

How is is_a? an action?  To me it looks like a predicate which is a
truth-valued   function.

To me an action is something which, at least, potentially effects a
state change.

Not that you're wrong from your point of view, it's just evidence of
how tricky and personal such categorizations really are.

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Rick DeNatale

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