So why not simply ReactiveValueHolder? Who will look for ValueHolder will find it, who will look for reactive variables will find it and it well describes the purpose of the class ;-)
Cheers, -- Pavel 2014-08-19 9:25 GMT+02:00 p...@highoctane.be <p...@highoctane.be>: > Sure but the new thing was NewValueHolder. > > ValueHolder per se doesn't look like impacted. > > Well I saw some OldValueHolder proposal but it seemed strange to me. > > How would you name the new thing? > > Is there some pattern for that kind of case? > > Phil > > Le 19 août 2014 07:52, "Eliot Miranda" <eliot.mira...@gmail.com> a écrit : > > >> >> It is well to remember Marshall McLuhan, The Medium is the Message, the >> thesis of which is that the nature of any medium has more importance than >> the content if that medium in shaping its effects in the users of that >> medium. >> >> On the medium side, email is devoid of nuance, unless smattered with >> emoticons, themselves a very limited sub-medium that many of us employ only >> partially. It is /so/ common to see an escalation of hurt emerge from an >> email thread started by a misreading of an email that imputed offense when >> none was intended. >> >> On the message side, names are important. Sentences become >> incomprehensible if nouns are arbitrarily rebound. ValueHolder may not be >> the greatest name, just as apareille a photo is clumsier than camera, but we >> can't just change them to frotboggle or bungswallop just because they sound >> more poetic. ReactiveVariable is criticizes me on the basis that it is an >> object that contains a variable, not a variable itself, and garner >> misleading, /and/ that it is a renaming of an (albeit imperfectly) already >> named concept, ValueHolder, and if one doesn't want to unnecessarily break >> others' understanding and much older Pharo and non-Pharo code that uses it >> one is better leaving sleeping dogs lie. >> >> HTH >> Eliot (phone) >> >> On Aug 18, 2014, at 8:38 AM, Benjamin >> <benjamin.vanryseghem.ph...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> > Hello guys, >> > >> > I am sending this email to explain why I am quiting the Pharo community, >> > as well as the Smalltalk community. >> > >> > I can not bear Stephane Ducasse's behavior anymore whether at a public >> > level or a private level. >> > >> > It seems that his ego is preventing him from being able to have a >> > discussion >> > without overreacting, being agressive, or insulting. >> > >> > I can not approve how Stephane is constantly talking behind my back to >> > unleash >> > his irrationnal wrath and to provide his very own version of the facts. >> > >> > I can not see how this can lead to a peaceful and respectful community >> > where we can all have fun building a future. >> > >> > Therefore I will not be part of this project anymore, since the way >> > Stephane >> > is acting is taking away all the fun I can have interacting with all of >> > you. >> > >> > It was a hard decision to take, but I can not be part of a community led >> > by someone whose behaviour is going against all my principles. >> > >> > I wish to all of you to have fun, and keep me in touch >> > if you want to have a beer someday ;) >> > >> > Ben >>
