Good points. I'll make the changes today and check up the code. It'll be massive code breakage... but for a good reason.
On Sun, Dec 28, 2008 at 6:41 AM, Tim Perrett <[email protected]> wrote: > > I think this debate could go on for some time ;-) > > Being pragmatic, we have to look at the impact on the lift code base > and its users. Would a change to Box[MyClass] really improve user > understanding and lower the learning curve to a point where making > such a fundamental change in the lift API would be justified? > > This is really the question we should now be asking now. > > <personal_opinion> > > Being english, the semantic of Box seems more logical, however, right > now im sitting on the fence on weather or not the change is justified. > Lets look at the dictionary: > > == Can > > 1 be able to > 2 be permitted to > 3 used to indicate that something is typically the case > > == Box > > noun > 1 a container with a flat base and sides, typically square or > rectangular and having a lid : a cereal box | a hat box. > 3 a small structure or building for a specific purpose, in particular > • a separate section or enclosed area within a larger building, esp. > one reserved for a group of people in a theater or sports ground or > for witnesses or the jury in a law court : a box at the opera | the > jury was now in the box. > 4 a protective casing for a piece of a mechanism. > > The fact that Box only really has a single meaning, is very attractive > from a cognitive point of view IMO > > </personal_opinion> > > Realistically, what would the damage be API wise if we moved to box? > Have we any way of understanding the impact in real terms? > > Cheers, Tim > > > > > > > -- Lift, the simply functional web framework http://liftweb.net Collaborative Task Management 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 [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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
