Result +1 Quite short, only one selfexplaining imo and describes the purpose it serves well. The only downsides of this name is +3 characters and the fact that the class could be used also as non result but for other purpose.
On Sun, Dec 21, 2008 at 3:32 PM, Derek Chen-Becker <dchenbec...@gmail.com>wrote: > I think that the previously mentioned "Box" would be the only other thing > that has > > 1. The same semantic meaning of "container". Well, as Tim pointed out > this is a US thing for Can... > 2. The same brevity. I agree with David that commonly used constructs > should be short > > If it was going to change at all, this would be it. > > Derek > > > On Sat, Dec 20, 2008 at 11:13 PM, Josh Suereth > <joshua.suer...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> >> >> On Sat, Dec 20, 2008 at 2:37 PM, Oliver Lambert <ola...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Yup, when you chose the original name, you did a good job - why second >>> guess yourself now. Can we just leave it the way it is. >>> >> >> Pun intended.... >> >> >> As to my vote (if I'm allowed one)... >> >> Can was slightly confusing, but looking at it vs Option makes a lot of >> sense. Option is also slightly confusing, because I expected it to behave >> like Either. Either is a great name, as you can tell what it's doing. >> >> Result seems ok, but I would vote for something more like Storage. Can >> is pretty succinct, and once you know how to use it, it's not hard to >> remember the convention. >> >> So I'd swing on the side of sticking with Can unless a really good name is >> discovered. >> >> >> > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
