Wonderful :) On Sun, Dec 28, 2008 at 4:03 PM, David Pollak <[email protected] > wrote:
> 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 > > > > -- Viktor Klang Senior Systems Analyst --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
