David Wheeler wrote: > I just want to verify that I properly understand the use of these two terms > in Perl 6.
....and in the wider OO community, BTW. > * An "attribute" is a data member of a class. Yes. > * A "property" is a piece of metadata on a...uh...thing -- e.g., on an > attribute, on a class, or on a method. or on a subroutine, closure, or value. > Do I have it right? Yes. > So do I just need to turn myself around (at least when talking about > Perl), or is there a chance that the language designers would decide that > the way I use the terms is ever-so-much-better? ;-) Well, I suppose there's always a *chance* that we'd both completely reverse our careful thinking on this issue and ignore the common usage of "attribute" in the OO literature. But I do think it would be easier all round if you just went with our chosen terminology for Perl 6. ;-) Damian
