On Tuesday, August 14, 2001, at 12:52 pm, Carsten Ziegeler wrote:
>> Stuart Roebuck wrote:
>>
>> I wonder whether it would be worth considering renaming and/or clarifying
>> the documentation of the modifiedSince() method defined in the Modifiable
>> interface? The uses of this method in Cocoon appear to fit with the
>> description of the method as implemented in AbstractServerPage, however
>> this definition is probably the exact opposite of what you would expect
>> for a method of this name, and I'm not sure that it is in keeping
>> with the
>> description in Modifiable.java.
>>
>> I would expect modifiedSince(date) to mean "has this object been modified
>> since the given date, if it has return true".
>>
>> But the implementation is "has this object been modified since the given
>> date, if *not* return true".
>>
>> Unfortunately, I can't think of a better name than:
>> needsRefreshingGivenLastAffectingChangeDateOf(Date dateOfLastUpdate) :-
>> )
>>
> Let me guess, you are a long time OpenStep (Cocoa, WebObjects) user?
> Right?
> If so, welcome. If not, you have managed half the way of learning it.
>
> Carsten
I'm afraid you've completely lost me here. I've never used OpenStep or
WebObjects, though I have played with Cocoa a little. Is this a joke
about long method names?
Stuart.
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