and "Pack" ? On Fri, Dec 26, 2008 at 8:35 AM, Marc Boschma <[email protected]> wrote: > > I know David has resigned to keeping 'Can', but wouldn't 'Jar' be an > alternative? That way Empty and Full still make sense... > > Initially I thought 'Tin' sounded better but I recognise that term > wouldn't be as universal. > > Marc > > On 26/12/2008, at 4:14 AM, Michael Campbell wrote: > >> >> David Pollak 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. >> >> >> I've never liked "Can" as a name; always thinking that the opposite >> of one >> should be a "Can't". I'm sure it's my own issue to solve, but it's >> cognitively dissonant to me. >> >> Any other container name works better for me, although of the ones >> you listed, >> I like "Box". >> >> >> -- >> Twitter: http://twitter.com/campbellmichael >> >> > > > > > >
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