On 24 November 2013 01:20, Esteban A. Maringolo <[email protected]>wrote:
> 2013/11/23 Igor Stasenko <[email protected]>: > > On 23 November 2013 21:26, Esteban A. Maringolo <[email protected]> > >> >> imo, a better term to use for it would be 'private class' , because > >> >> anonymous is a bit fuzzy. > > >> > I disagree. Anonymous classes is the term that has been used for over > >> > two decades. It means, literally, a class that has no name because > it is > >> > not in Smalltalk (or in a top-level environment if the dialect has > >> > namespaces). This is not at all fuzzy. Private class means > something quite > >> > different, a class that is private to some environment, e.g. a class > nested > >> > within another class as occurs in SmalltalkAgents or Newspeak. > >> > >> +1 > >> > >> Anonymous = without name. > >> There's not much to add to it. > > > That's the point. Now what is practical implications of it? > > Think, how far you can go with anonymous versus private class. > > > > If you deny anonymous classes from being private, > > then you'll immediately hit many problems with tools, > > which working with public classes and expecting them to have a name. > > And i don't have to go deep to point on problems: just imagine that you > did > > a change to such 'anonymous' class, now since it is public, all tools is > > notified about this change, including change logger.. and my question, > what > > you going to log into .changes file in such case? > > I can see your point. But then just say that "Anonymous classes are > private". > Just don't change the name. Anonymous classes are a well know concept > used through piles of literature. > I am not after changing names here (for naming sake), but more for labeling things properly conceptually. Because "anonymous" carries little or no implications regarding tools or environment, while "private" makes things much more clear. This is why i think it is less fuzzy. > E.g. In Java the compiler creates anonymous classes everytime you > directly instantiate an Interface. > > ej myObject.schedule(new Runnable {...}); > > Regards, > > -- Best regards, Igor Stasenko.
