On Wed, Aug 4, 2010 at 12:10, Ashley Pond V <[email protected]> wrote: > On Wed, Aug 4, 2010 at 7:50 AM, fREW Schmidt <[email protected]> wrote: >>> I note you use the term 'ascendants' which is not a real word and so would >>> be confusing. Is this the same as 'ancestors'? If so then it would be best >>> to use ancestors since that is a word know by other people and it keeps it >>> consistent with other similar modules. >>> >>> Are you sure? I found ascendant in Webster. Though i'm not a native >>> English speaker, I was thinking it was more coherent to oppose with >>> descendant. But it would be easy to fix that anyway. > > It is a real word and non-native English speakers sometimes understand > English definitions better than the native speakers who learned them > via context and with subjective connotations. Non-native speakers make > fewer assumptions. :) > > While ancestor is the commonly used word for this purpose ascendant > seems a fine choice. Though ancestor isn't foolish here it does seem a > hobgoblin if it blocks the obvious antonym of descendant from use. > Also, it's Perl so we could have both as synonyms.
Except "ascendant" means "rising". "ancestor" and "descendant" are the proper terms for tree-walking. "ascendant" is not the right term. Rob _______________________________________________ List: http://lists.scsys.co.uk/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dbix-class IRC: irc.perl.org#dbix-class SVN: http://dev.catalyst.perl.org/repos/bast/DBIx-Class/ Searchable Archive: http://www.grokbase.com/group/[email protected]
