[PATCH] Bigger Chooser Part 3 In Super 3-D: RECTPP

[Max Bowsher]

Robert Collins wrote:
> On Sun, 2003-04-06 at 09:22, Max Bowsher wrote:
>
>>> PP doesn't evoke 'Memory compatible wrapper'. It doesn't even evoke
>>> Wrapper. Or Adapter.
>>
>> RECTPP - a C++ version of RECT.
>
> If it was that, then we could change field, give it child classes (which
> implies virtual destructors ...) We can't. It's *not* a C++ version of
> RECT. It's a limited function wrapper. Does it need to be that limited?
> Maybe not, but for now, if I proposed any changes, potentially large
> amounts of Garys other code would have to change (beyond the search n
> replace the class renaming will cause), and that would be unreasonable
> of me.
>
>> If that's not enough to convince you, then how about:
>> RECT<you suggest something to put here>.
>>
>> Maybe RECTWrapper
>
> Exactly.

Reviewing my suggestion, I don't like it any more. After all, is doesn't
wrap - it inherits.

Somehow RECTInheriter just doesn't feel quite right. :-)

RECTX? (RECT, Extended)
RECTPP? (RECT, Partially Polished) :-)

If there is a word describing exactly what a RECTPP is, I don't know it.
So why not just give it an abstract name? Then we can just say "RECTPP is a
RECTPP".

Or, call it RECTQR (RECT, Quirkily Retrofitted), if you like.


Max.