On Fri, Jan 27, 2017 at 7:35 AM, Igor Stasenko <siguc...@gmail.com> wrote:
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> On 27 January 2017 at 01:30, Ben Coman <b...@openinworld.com> wrote:
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>> On Fri, Jan 27, 2017 at 6:02 AM, stepharong <stephar...@free.fr> wrote:
>> > On Thu, 26 Jan 2017 20:38:49 +0100, Torsten Bergmann <asta...@gmx.de>
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>> >> stepharong wrote:
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>> >>> can we rename this selector?
>> >>> asMethodConst should be at least be renamed to asConstantMethod
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> When you use "as {something}" then "something" depicts the result of
>> >> the
>> >> conversion message sent to an object.
>> >>
>> >> Like in #asNumber or #asString which shows to what the receiver will be
>> >> converted.
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>> >
>> > Yes I thought that it was doing that.
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>> >> My understanding is that in the case discussed the receiver object is
>> >> NOT converted to a constant unchangeable method, so #asConstantMethod
>> >> would
>> >> not fit as a selector.
>> >>
>> >> Instead it is sent to an object that afterwards is a constant within a
>> >> method
>> >> (so it will not be evaluated later at runtime again) so IMHO
>> >> #asMethodConstant
>> >> instead of #asMethodConst would be better.
>> >
>> >
>> > I do not understand any of them.
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>> method constant = constant of a method>> constant method = method that does not change >> > are you sure? pretty sure. 'method' is the subject. 'constant' is the adjective that modifies the subject. Its a bit hard to explain that intrinsic feeling of what is right, but maybe.... If the adjective follows the subject its usually separated by little joining words. http://www.grammar-monster.com/glossary/adjective_definition.htm > maybe it is > constant method = method that returns constant? For me this does not compute. But I understand rules differ in other languages and its hard to avoid subtle influences from your primary language. And still, it could just be my personal bias. So if you & Stef find it ambiguous, it may be for others and we should aim to avoid that. cheers -ben > > apparently, that's why 'constant' term doesn't fits there, because there's > so many confusion about it. what are the constant in dynamic system, after > all?
