Yes, but which is it: half empty or half full? You'd think at this stage of development we could at least answer that old question.
Chas. Derek Chen-Becker wrote: > 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 > <mailto: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 > <mailto: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 > <http://liftweb.net> > > Collaborative Task Managementhttp://much4.us <http://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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
