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Re: [sc-users] OK to change AdhocClass -> Prototype?



Proto has a kind of local, nickname feel (reminds me of Instr). So maybe that resolves the issue about using a general term that you mentioned, while still being more accurately descriptive?

S.

On 17 Dec 2007, at 11:32, Alberto de Campo wrote:

I find Proto best, and Prototype is also much better than AdhocClass.

best, adc


I'd vote Prototype.

~luke

On Dec 16, 2007 1:42 PM, Julian Rohrhuber <rohrhuber@uni- hamburg.de> wrote:
 I think you should rename it to Prototype, or Proto.

 >Is anybody using AdhocClass in my library?
 >
 >If so (or even if not), would anybody object terribly if I changed
 >the name of this class to Prototype?
 >
 >Pros:
 >
 >As a name, AdhocClass is kind of weird.
 >Calling it Prototype makes explicit the connection to earlier work
 >in prototype-based programming.
 >
 >Cons:
 >
 >Usurping a general word for a specific use in my class library.
 >This class is not the only way to do prototyping in SuperCollider,
 >so should it masquerade as "the" prototyping standard?
 >Only a minor issue: the need to update code for the new class name
 >(easy to do with sed).
 >
 >I can't decide... somebody push me one way or the other... thanks!
 >hjh
 >
 >
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