On 7/13/05, Michael Wechner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Unico Hommes wrote:
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> >Michael Wechner wrote
> > I think it would make sense to make a
> >note
> >within the DirectoryGenerator that the TraversableGenerator exists and is
> >more generic.
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> >In fact IMHO, it should be deprecated in favor of TraversableGenerator...
> >
> I didn't dare to suggest that ;-), but on the other hand I have to say,
> that DirectoryGenerator sounds more "familiar" than TraversableGenerator,
> but maybe one just wants to subclass it:
> 
> DirectoryGenerator extends TraversableGenerator

We've been through this before:

http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?t=105782815900003&r=1&w=2

In a word: backward compatibility.

Ciao,
-- 
Gianugo Rabellino
Pro-netics s.r.l. -  http://www.pro-netics.com
Orixo, the XML business alliance: http://www.orixo.com
(blogging at http://www.rabellino.it/blog/)

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