[Lift] Re: Can or Box or something else

2008-12-25 Thread Michael Campbell
David Pollak wrote: Folks, Over the year that Lift has had Can[T] as a replacement for Scala's Option[T], the name Can has required a lot of explaining. I've never liked Can as a name; always thinking that the opposite of one should be a Can't. I'm sure it's my own issue to solve, but

[Lift] Re: Can or Box or something else

2008-12-25 Thread Marc Boschma
I know David has resigned to keeping 'Can', but wouldn't 'Jar' be an alternative? That way Empty and Full still make sense... Initially I thought 'Tin' sounded better but I recognise that term wouldn't be as universal. Marc On 26/12/2008, at 4:14 AM, Michael Campbell wrote: David Pollak