Re: RFC: Traits for PHP
| From: | John Campbell | Date: | Wed, 20 Feb 2008 20:26:05 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: RFC: Traits for PHP | ||
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On Tue, Feb 19, 2008 at 3:54 PM, Jochem Maas <jochem@iamjochem.com> wrote:
> how about 'possesses' or 'exhibits' - both these words are closer to the
> natural language usage of 'trait' with regard to a subject.
>
> John exhibits a **** trait
> Jack possesses a **** trait
>
> a person coming accross 'use' or 'include' in the context of
> trait attribution may either make assumptions or become confused as to
> possible changes/additions to the use and/or include functionality, a
> new keyword that aptly describes the intention will more likely force
> users to actually find out what it means.
IMO, the keyword should be a verb because the code is instructing the
class to add a behavior. "possesses" and "exhibits" are adjectives
which doesn't make much sense. My vote would be something like
"acquire".
Regards,
John Campbell