Attribute vs. Property
I just want to verify that I properly understand the use of these two terms in Perl 6. * An attribute is a data member of a class. * A property is a piece of metadata on a...uh...thing -- e.g., on an attribute, on a class, or on a method. Do I have it right? For some reason, I've always referred to class data members as properties, and thought of metadata on such things as attributes -- the reverse of the above. This despite the use of attribute in the above usage in Damian's book. So do I just need to turn myself around (at least when talking about Perl), or is there a chance that the language designers would decide that the way I use the terms is ever-so-much-better? ;-) Regards, David -- David Wheeler AIM: dwTheory [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ: 15726394 http://david.wheeler.net/ Yahoo!: dew7e Jabber: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Attribute vs. Property
David Wheeler wrote: I just want to verify that I properly understand the use of these two terms in Perl 6. and in the wider OO community, BTW. * An attribute is a data member of a class. Yes. * A property is a piece of metadata on a...uh...thing -- e.g., on an attribute, on a class, or on a method. or on a subroutine, closure, or value. Do I have it right? Yes. So do I just need to turn myself around (at least when talking about Perl), or is there a chance that the language designers would decide that the way I use the terms is ever-so-much-better? ;-) Well, I suppose there's always a *chance* that we'd both completely reverse our careful thinking on this issue and ignore the common usage of attribute in the OO literature. But I do think it would be easier all round if you just went with our chosen terminology for Perl 6. ;-) Damian
Re: Attribute vs. Property
On 5/11/02 2:48 PM, Damian Conway [EMAIL PROTECTED] claimed: Well, I suppose there's always a *chance* that we'd both completely reverse our careful thinking on this issue and ignore the common usage of attribute in the OO literature. But I do think it would be easier all round if you just went with our chosen terminology for Perl 6. ;-) Damn. I was afraid you were going to say that! :-) Thanks for the reply. Regards, David -- David Wheeler AIM: dwTheory [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ: 15726394 http://david.wheeler.net/ Yahoo!: dew7e Jabber: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
