On Sun, 2009-08-23 at 09:06 +0200, Vegard Nossum wrote:
> I did write something about this in the changelog of one of the other
> patches. It is correct that this is not _exactly_ what a miranda
> method is, but it would have been called a miranda method if it was
> generated by javac. But we're doing exactly the same thing as javac
> (adding a "dummy" method just to make lookups not fail), so I thought
> it was a good name.
>
> // Why are they called Miranda methods? Well the sentence "If the
> // class is not able to provide a method, then one will be provided
> // by the compiler" is very similar to the sentence "If you cannot
> // afford an attorney, one will be provided by the court," -- one
> // of the so-called "Miranda" rights in the United States.
>
> So for us it's: "If the class is not able to provide a method, then
> one will be provided by the _VM_".
Yes, but the problem is that the casual reader will not know our
interpretation of the name and googling for "miranda method" will lead
to a very different explanation which causes confusion.
Pekka
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