RE: [lang] new StringBuffer +

2003-12-18 Thread Henri Yandell
uot; > or "asStringBuffer()" method which would return the underlying > StringBuffer. > > > -Original Message- > From: Stephen Colebourne [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, December 18, 2003 2:53 PM > To: Jakarta Commons Developers List >

RE: [lang] new StringBuffer +

2003-12-18 Thread Inger, Matthew
ber 18, 2003 2:53 PM To: Jakarta Commons Developers List Subject: Re: [lang] new StringBuffer + The idea is to have a drop in replacement for StringBuffer for when you need more functionality. At work this class is called UStringBuffer. That implementation decorates a StringBuffer, but I suspect di

Re: [lang] new StringBuffer +

2003-12-18 Thread Stephen Colebourne
Original Message- > > From: Stephen Colebourne [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Thursday, December 18, 2003 11:53 > > To: Jakarta Commons Developers List > > Subject: Re: [lang] new StringBuffer + > > > > The idea is to have a drop in replacement for Str

RE: [lang] new StringBuffer +

2003-12-18 Thread Arun Thomas
+1 Good idea -AMT -Original Message- From: ASHWIN Suresh [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, December 18, 2003 4:35 AM To: 'Jakarta Commons Developers List' Subject: RE: [lang] new StringBuffer + How about StringBufferPlus ?? It's not an abbreviation, fits

RE: [lang] new StringBuffer +

2003-12-18 Thread Gary Gregory
TED] > Sent: Thursday, December 18, 2003 04:35 > To: 'Jakarta Commons Developers List' > Subject: RE: [lang] new StringBuffer + > > How about StringBufferPlus ?? > > It's not an abbreviation, > fits into Stephen's scheme of alphabetical order, > does

Re: [lang] new StringBuffer +

2003-12-18 Thread __matthewHawthorne
ASHWIN Suresh wrote: How about StringBufferPlus ?? It's not an abbreviation, fits into Stephen's scheme of alphabetical order, doesnt introduce any new terminology/concept, and gives us a new convention (-Plus suffix) to denote our enhancement classes. +1, I like this. -

RE: [lang] new StringBuffer +

2003-12-18 Thread ASHWIN Suresh
M > > > > To: 'Jakarta Commons Developers List' > > > > Subject: RE: [lang] new StringBuffer > > > > > > > > > > > > With a "replacement" String class, you can add to it > all sorts of > > goodies > > > >

Re: [lang] new StringBuffer

2003-12-18 Thread Henri Yandell
ly is not > > "my" class ;-) > > > > Gary > > > > > -Original Message- > > > From: Inger, Matthew [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Sent: Wednesday, December 10, 2003 12:14 > > > To: 'Jakarta Commons Developers List'

RE: [lang] new StringBuffer.. what to call it

2003-12-11 Thread Gary Gregory
strand", so the name has a whole other connotation for me! ;-) Gary > -Original Message- > From: Stephen Colebourne [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, December 11, 2003 12:07 > To: Jakarta Commons Developers List > Subject: Re: [lang] new StringBuffer.. what

Re: [lang] new StringBuffer.. what to call it

2003-12-11 Thread Stephen Colebourne
I favour (insist on) names linked closely to the type being worked on, rather than creating new names. Basically, its not the job/role of [lang] to create new concepts, just to simplify working with existing concepts IMO. (see the lang proposal.html and status.html) Stephen > And what do people

[lang] new StringBuffer.. what to call it

2003-12-11 Thread Ash ..
BTW: MutableString is a bad name as it can imply a class that holds a String and has a getString and setString method. Stephen Can you tell us why the name MutableString implies it has a getString and setString. And what do people think here of introducing a different term (say Strand) for th

Re: [lang] new StringBuffer

2003-12-10 Thread Stephen Colebourne
to what Ash is really proposing. > I am not advocating for the addition of such a class, it certainly is not > "my" class ;-) > > Gary > > > -Original Message- > > From: Inger, Matthew [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Wednesday, December 10, 20

RE: [lang] new StringBuffer - correction

2003-12-10 Thread ASHWIN Suresh
. Sorry for the confusion. Ash > -Original Message- > From: ASHWIN Suresh > Sent: Wednesday, December 10, 2003 18:33 > To: 'Jakarta Commons Developers List' > Subject: RE: [lang] new StringBuffer - correction > > > > (StringBuf) one might prefer a more des

RE: [lang] new StringBuffer

2003-12-10 Thread Inger, Matthew
sorry, didn't mean to imply that. -Original Message- From: Gary Gregory [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, December 10, 2003 3:39 PM To: 'Jakarta Commons Developers List' Subject: RE: [lang] new StringBuffer Matthew, Please note that I am only replying to A

RE: [lang] new StringBuffer

2003-12-10 Thread Gary Gregory
> From: Inger, Matthew [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, December 10, 2003 12:14 > To: 'Jakarta Commons Developers List' > Subject: RE: [lang] new StringBuffer > > I would get no warm and fuzzy feeling from this. It gains you > nothing, and will make code m

Re: [lang] new StringBuffer

2003-12-09 Thread __matthewHawthorne
I don't like the name StringBuf. I just don't see it as descriptive enough. MutableString is ok. I like CharGroup also. If it's meant to be an improved replacement for StringBuffer, I always prefer names like StringBuffer2 or StringBufferX. I guess they can be considered a bit ugly -- but at

Re: [lang] new StringBuffer

2003-12-09 Thread Stephen Colebourne
I remembered my favorite name - StringBuf. Its always nice if the class appears in Eclipse next to the one its replacing :-) Stephen - Original Message - From: "Ash .." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sounds good, I will then work on a StringBuffer replacement, and then > later on get on to providi

[lang] new StringBuffer

2003-12-09 Thread Ash ..
Sounds good, I will then work on a StringBuffer replacement, and then later on get on to providing it with an XUtils. That way, we will also be able to optimize the subsequent StringBufferUtils implementation using package-private access. I have always been a little disappointed with the facilities