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Bug
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Resolution: Won't Fix
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P4
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None
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1.4.0
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generic
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generic
Name: eaC66865 Date: 12/06/2002
> > Doug wrote:
> > (In package.html) The terminology section says:
> >
> > Throughout the API, the detailed description of each program
> > element describes explicitly which meaning is being used.
> >
> > ...I could modify this to add:
> >
> > The detailed descriptions always use the term "class" to mean
> > "class, as opposed to interface".
>
> THAT is good. The first one sounds like like Alice in Wonderland,
> "the term always means what we intend it to mean when we use
> it". The second is very clear: "this is what we mean when we
> use it. period."
> > Doug wrote:
> > (In package.html) The terminology section says:
> >
> > Throughout the API, the detailed description of each program
> > element describes explicitly which meaning is being used.
> >
> > ...I could modify this to add:
> >
> > The detailed descriptions always use the term "class" to mean
> > "class, as opposed to interface".
>
> THAT is good. The first one sounds like like Alice in Wonderland,
> "the term always means what we intend it to mean when we use
> it". The second is very clear: "this is what we mean when we
> use it. period."