[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 it's 
cognitively dissonant to me.

Any other container name works better for me, although of the ones you listed, 
I like Box.


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[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 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 it's
 cognitively dissonant to me.

 Any other container name works better for me, although of the ones  
 you listed,
 I like Box.


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 Twitter:  http://twitter.com/campbellmichael

 


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