You guys obviously never wrote any Lisp code. http://books.google.com/books?id=FYoOIWuoXUIC&lpg=PA267&ots=ioaahFTKT0&dq=intern%20special%20form%20maclisp&pg=PA266#v=onepage&q=intern%20special%20form%20maclisp&f=false
On Sat, Jun 1, 2013 at 6:01 PM, Ryosuke Niwa <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sat, Jun 1, 2013 at 4:45 PM, Maciej Stachowiak <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> On Jun 1, 2013, at 3:58 PM, Darin Adler <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> On May 31, 2013, at 8:01 PM, Glenn Adams <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> One thing that always threw me was the term "Atomic" in the class name. I >> wonder if the term "InternedString" would make it usage more apparent. >> >> >> I personally love the name AtomicString (the string of tomorrow) and have >> been using that name for it for the past 10 years, but I see that >> InternedString is what this would be called in Java and .NET context so I >> guess we could change to help people familiar with those. >> >> >> If we were to change the name, I'd go with Symbol or Atom. But I think >> AtomicString is a fine name and I don't think InternedString is better. All >> plausible names I can think of are jargon that you have to learn the first >> time if you don't know it. >> > > I don't like "InternedString" either. In general, we should avoid using > design pattern jargons like interning, mediator, flyweight, etc... when we > can come up with a more descriptive name. > > - R. Niwa > > > _______________________________________________ > webkit-dev mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.webkit.org/mailman/listinfo/webkit-dev > >
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