Sounds like Taco is reading and learning about patterns and trying to implement / translate them into CF purely for the exercise or sake of doing so. Hence he would like to discuss the implementation / code at a purely theoretical point of view, rather than a specific implementation point of view. Respondents to date seem to indicate that a pattern is basically useless without the associated problem it was intended to solve being present.
In a brain-storm session, Stage 1 is "every idea is good" - I think this is the space Taco is occupying. Once all the ideas are written down, Stage 2 involves "picking the best / most doable" ideas - looks to me like this is the space occupied by his respondents. I think the pattern porting exercise would be interesting and potentially valuable. This value could be greatly enhanced if a common CF or web-based programming scenario was also invented, for which the pattern provides a solution. Without this scenario, it would be like Mach-II or FB3/4 having base code and documentation, but no example apps. My gut feeling is that there are only a handful of other developers here who would be able to discuss pattern templates or implementations. It may be that another list is better suited, or a new "CF-patterns" / "CF-hardcore" list would at least show you through its subscription how many others are interested. Good luck, Taco, I hope you find others that share your passion. Aaron ----- Original Message ----- From: "Spike" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Talk" <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, January 04, 2005 12:59 PM Subject: Re: Typesafe enum design pattern (another go) > That's pretty much all we can discuss unless you lay out the problem > that you're trying to solve. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Special thanks to the CF Community Suite Gold Sponsor - CFHosting.net http://www.cfhosting.net Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:189200 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
