Re: Once again I don't understand...

[Timothy S. Nelson]

On Tue, 20 Feb 2001, Han-Wen Nienhuys wrote:

> address@hidden writes:
> > Han-Wen Nienhuys wrote:
> > 
> > > BTW, maybe we should change the naming from interface to something
> > > else, since BarNumber doesn't "implement an interface". An "interface"
> > > is just a group of functions and variables.  A few of those are
> > > combined to form the BarNumber, so it's really the otehr way around:
> > > side-position-interface implements BarNumber.
> > 
> > Yeah, I am used to the Java-namings...
> > But then...
> > If it is the interfaces that contain the variables and setting i.e.
> > NoteHead.font-name affects a variable (font-name) in the font-interface,
> 
> no: the "interface" is a group of functions (typically implemented in
> C++), which read and write variables.  The "interface description"
> (scm/interface-description.scm) contains a list of variables read and
> written by those functions.  Defaults are in Grob descriptions
> (scm/grob-description), but any Grob may have non-default values for
> variables (using Grob::set_grob_property (), or Scheme
> ly-set-grob-property). The grob provides a shared namespace, so
> setting direction for a ^ or V accent both influences the glyph
> printed (Script::brew_molecule) as the direction wrt to the stem
> (Side_position::aligned_side)
> 
> > > What's a better name for this?  Something like "building block"
> > 
> > How about "behaviour", "conduct" or "conductor"?
> 
> Hmm. Behavior sounds better; any other suggestions?

        Does "module" fit?  

        :)

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