Re: not using get/set (was Re: [perl6/specs] 4d77c0: ...)

2010-09-30 Thread Darren Duncan
Jonathan Worthington wrote: On 30/09/2010 21:38, Darren Duncan wrote: Mark J. Reed wrote: Of alternatives you didn't mention, I like "put" - as pithy as "get" and "set", with plenty of corresponding history (SmallTalk, POSIX, HTTP,...). Actually, *yes*. I didn't think of this one at the tim

Re: not using get/set (was Re: [perl6/specs] 4d77c0: ...)

2010-09-30 Thread Jonathan Worthington
On 30/09/2010 21:38, Darren Duncan wrote: Mark J. Reed wrote: Of alternatives you didn't mention, I like "put" - as pithy as "get" and "set", with plenty of corresponding history (SmallTalk, POSIX, HTTP,...). Actually, *yes*. I didn't think of this one at the time but when you mentioned the

Re: not using get/set (was Re: [perl6/specs] 4d77c0: ...)

2010-09-30 Thread Darren Duncan
Mark J. Reed wrote: Of alternatives you didn't mention, I like "put" - as pithy as "get" and "set", with plenty of corresponding history (SmallTalk, POSIX, HTTP,...). Actually, *yes*. I didn't think of this one at the time but when you mentioned the various history of pairs I then thought of

Re: not using get/set (was Re: [perl6/specs] 4d77c0: ...)

2010-09-29 Thread Mark J. Reed
On Wed, Sep 29, 2010 at 8:44 PM, Darren Duncan wrote: > I would argue that naming accessors get/set is a bad idea, "set" in > particular, because "set" would easily evoke thoughts of having something to > do with "set" collection types and values. That's a valid point . . . > But regardless of w