What about renaming it Glass? Then we could add: case class HalfFull[T](data : T) extends Glass[T] type HalfEmpty[T] = HalfFull[T]
;) Derek On Sat, Dec 20, 2008 at 8:13 AM, TylerWeir <tyler.w...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Once people get Can, I think it makes sense, so I think we can leave > it. > > As a replacement, I can't think of a good real-life example of a thing > with a failure indicator that fits the bill. :) > > What about OptionWithFailure, OptionWF, OptWithF? > It's more typing, but it's accurate. > > FailureIndicatingOption? FIOption? > > > > On Dec 20, 9:43 am, "David Pollak" <feeder.of.the.be...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > Folks, > > > > Over the year that Lift has had Can[T] as a replacement for Scala's > > Option[T], the name "Can" has required a lot of explaining. > > > > As we make the final push into freezing Lift's APIs, do we want to change > > the name of Can to something else or should we leave it as Can. > > Alternatives are: > > > > - Cup > > - Box > > > > Both of which can be Full/Empty. > > > > Thanks, > > > > David > > > > PS -- The Scala collections classes are getting a redo for 2.8. I've > been > > gently pestering Martin to expand Option to have a Failure case. If this > > happens (it's not really likely for a couple of reasons), Can will be > > orphaned. > > > > -- > > Lift, the simply functional web frameworkhttp://liftweb.net > > Collaborative Task Managementhttp://much4.us > > Follow me:http://twitter.com/dpp > > Git some:http://github.com/dpp > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Lift" group. To post to this group, send email to liftweb@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to liftweb+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/liftweb?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
