Just brainstorming here... not sure if we're beating a dead horse... but about Option3 to signify it has 3 states? (i.e. Some3, None3, Error3)
It's uglier but could be easier to explain and understand. alex On Fri, Dec 26, 2008 at 3:29 AM, Mateusz Fiołka <[email protected]>wrote: > If Maybe should be not used because of possible name clash in Scala library > then how about considering synonyms: Possible and Perhaps? > > > On Fri, Dec 26, 2008 at 10:31 AM, Caoyuan <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> and "Pack" ? >> >> On Fri, Dec 26, 2008 at 8:35 AM, Marc Boschma >> <[email protected]<marc%[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 >> >> >> >> > >> > >> > >> > > >> > >> >> >> > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Lift" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/liftweb?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
