From: Thomas Sawyer <transfire@...>
Date: 2009-01-31T04:15:45+09:00
Subject: Re: Object#singleton_class in Ruby 1.9?

Suraj Kurapati wrote:
> Thomas Sawyer wrote:
>> Yukihiro Matsumoto wrote:
>>> We still don't have consensus on the name.  eigenclass?
>>> In that case, should we rename singleton_method to eigenmethod?
>> 
>> Since you make mention of "eigenclass", that would seem to be your bent. 
>> And I say, go for it! "eigenmethod"? Fantastic! Do it, do it, do it!
> 
> In that case, could we make the names more readable by adding an 
> underscore after "eigen"?  I find it more difficult to parse the names 
> otherwise.
> 
> Object#eigen_class
> Object#eigen_methods
> Object#define_eigen_method

Interesting, I find the other more readable, 'class' is like a suffix to 
me, along the lines of 'name' in methods like #basename and #dirname.

Just personal preference of course. I'm don't think there is any true 
rational for one over the other.

T.
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