Re: Private names use cases

2010-12-21 Thread Kam Kasravi
: Mon, December 20, 2010 11:28:15 PM Subject: Re: Private names use cases On 12/20/10, Allen Wirfs-Brock al...@wirfs-brock.com wrote: I've seen mentions in the recent thread that the goal of the Private Names proposal was to support private fields for objects. While that may be a goal of some

Re: Private names use cases

2010-12-21 Thread Mark S. Miller
On Mon, Dec 20, 2010 at 9:21 AM, Allen Wirfs-Brock al...@wirfs-brock.comwrote: I've seen mentions in the recent thread that the goal of the Private Names proposal was to support private fields for objects. While that may be a goal of some participants in the discussion, it is not what I would

Re: Private names use cases

2010-12-21 Thread Allen Wirfs-Brock
See below: On Dec 21, 2010, at 9:03 AM, Mark S. Miller wrote: On Mon, Dec 20, 2010 at 9:21 AM, Allen Wirfs-Brock al...@wirfs-brock.com wrote: I've seen mentions in the recent thread that the goal of the Private Names proposal was to support private fields for objects. While that may be a

Re: I recuse myself (was: Private names use cases)

2010-12-21 Thread Allen Wirfs-Brock
On Dec 21, 2010, at 12:39 PM, Mark S. Miller wrote: The promised separate email: On Tue, Dec 21, 2010 at 10:20 AM, Allen Wirfs-Brock al...@wirfs-brock.com wrote: It seems to me, the real point of difference here is whether or not we should add a syntactic mechanism that supports

Re: I recuse myself (was: Private names use cases)

2010-12-21 Thread David Herman
I never said I don't want syntactic support. I said I don't like the syntax you proposed. You and Dave have now both said that you consider this to be the main issue. Hm, I certainly didn't intend to say that. I'm not quite sure what you're referring to that I said. I don't necessarily have

Private names use cases

2010-12-20 Thread Allen Wirfs-Brock
I've seen mentions in the recent thread that the goal of the Private Names proposal was to support private fields for objects. While that may be a goal of some participants in the discussion, it is not what I would state as the goal. I have two specific use cases in mind for private names: 1)

Re: Private names use cases

2010-12-20 Thread David-Sarah Hopwood
On 2010-12-20 17:21, Allen Wirfs-Brock wrote: I've seen mentions in the recent thread that the goal of the Private Names proposal was to support private fields for objects. While that may be a goal of some participants in the discussion, it is not what I would state as the goal. I have

Re: Private names use cases

2010-12-20 Thread Garrett Smith
On 12/20/10, Allen Wirfs-Brock al...@wirfs-brock.com wrote: I've seen mentions in the recent thread that the goal of the Private Names proposal was to support private fields for objects. While that may be a goal of some participants in the discussion, it is not what I would state as the goal.