I don't think anybody here ever heard about that article. The term was used some time ago to give *some* name to the way many programmers code: when writing a method a() you may write calls to method b() even when there is no such one. That shows your intention to implement such a method later.
r. > -----Original Message----- > From: Dimiter Dimitrov [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, January 24, 2002 7:57 PM > To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' > Subject: RE: [Eap-features] Test-First Design - Need a forward code > comple tion or code generation. > > > BTW could somebody tell me why do you call this feature > "programming by > intention"? > It has nothing to do with Charles Simonyi paper > http://www.aisto.com/roeder/active/ifip96.pdf > and in fact ForwardCodeCompletion sounds to me much better.. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Nemec, Richard > > Sent: Friday, January 25, 2002 2:30 AM > > To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' > > Subject: RE: [Eap-features] Test-First Design - Need a forward code > > completion or code generation. > > > > > > > I'd use forward generation when writing methods too. I > often write > > > method a() that calls b() before writing b() -- it would be great > > > if forward generation helps here. > > > > There are many people waiting for that feature. Desperately. > > Another term used for that was "programming by intention". > > > > r. > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Eap-features mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://www.intellij.com/mailman/listinfo/eap-features > > > > _______________________________________________ > Eap-features mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.intellij.com/mailman/listinfo/eap-features > _______________________________________________ Eap-features mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellij.com/mailman/listinfo/eap-features
