"Andrei Alexandrescu" <seewebsiteforem...@erdani.org> wrote in message news:i9ae2n$k9...@digitalmars.com... >I was talking to Walter about Kenji's adaptTo. We both think it's a very >powerful enabler, but adaptTo is a bland name. After discussing a few >marketing strategies, I proposed "duck". It's short, simple, and evokes >"duck typing". > > class C > { > int draw(){ return 10; } > } > interface Drawable > { > long draw(); > } > ... > auto c = new C; > auto d = duck!Drawable(c); // awes > > Kenji, I'll be looking forward to your submission :o). Would be great to > allow structs to duck, too!
duck doesnt convey much meaning imo so.. why not "adapt!" Ties in with the Adaptor design pattern.. which i'm guessing is what it actualy does.
