Kuba Ober wrote:
> I think that this discussion tries to differentiate between "a box
> contains the point" vs. "a point is contained by the box". The difference
> is whether in "object.action(target)" one thinks from target to the object
> (RTL) or from object to the target (LTR). As far as grammatics are
> concerned, methinks that both are equally proper, at least in the lame
> street language one learns on mailing lists ;D
You should read better:
>> > Actually, it's grammatically incorect (read poor use of the
>> > subjunctive) and should be
>> > if position x,y were contained in box
>> > So nuh!
This is all about using the subjunctive in a conditional C++ sentence!
> Personally, I would look for "contains" first. A quick grep of my own
> sources (aboslutely LyX-unrelated) reveals that there are a couple of
> "contained" in the comments, and two "contains" in the class declarations.
> But, it definitely won't hurt if we have
>
> {
> ...
> bool contained(whatever) const;
> inline bool contains(whatever) const { return contained(whatever); }
> ...
> }
If this is a joke (and I hope it is), I think I did it before you. ;-)
Regards, Alfredo
