John Levon wrote:
> 
> On Mon, Sep 01, 2003 at 03:05:57PM +0100, Angus Leeming wrote:
> 
> > * why "Box::contained" and not "Box::contains" ? Seems odd to use the
> > past tense here ;-)
> 
> It's not past tense:
yes it is.
> 
>         if  (box.contained(x, y))
> 
>         if position x,y is contained in box
> 
Then how would say:
        if position x,y was contained in box 
?
The relevant statements are:

        if box contains position x,y
        if box contained position x,y

Garst

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