Hi Nathan, Yes, this bit: >Or, are you just saying we throw the word around like candy at a parade and >should stop before we hit someone in the eye?
Though this one is not just the CF community - plenty of people all round don't really know what Singletons (and even design patterns in general) actually are. People shouldn't use terms they don't understand! (By which I don't mean that they need in-depth knowledge, but they should go check an authoritative definition first, so they at least know what they're actually saying.) >What then should we call it? A component instance in the application scope? That would do, or global object(s) for something shorter. Could even go with glob(s) I guess - although not sure on that one. Heh. Turns out "glob" is already taken, as the verb for using filename wildcards. :/ Oh, and for this bit: >but in CF, don't you think that implementing the true >singleton pattern is overkill and generally unnecessary? Yep - and I wouldn't restrict to CF either; I've never found/thought of a place where it's necessary to have only a single instance of an object. I suspect there are some out there, but I can't come up with anything I don't then change my mind on. Also, beyond programming even, it's really irritating having apps that force a single instance on you (*growls at firefox*) for no valid reason. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:326115 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
