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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus on what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july _______________________________________________ Jatovm-devel mailing list Jatovm-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/jatovm-devel