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From: Darren New <dnew@san.rr.com>
Subject: Re: List container strawman 1.1
Date: Sat, 10 Nov 2001 03:31:37 GMT
Date: 2001-11-10T03:31:37+00:00	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <3BEC9F87.DBED743D@san.rr.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 3BEC9BB8.6010708@telepath.com

Ted Dennison wrote:
> in CS outside of its older list-processing meaning. But it seems to be
> that "Singleton" has these exact problems as well. However, singleton
> does have the advantage that it is a better name for a function since it
> describes what you are getting.

I'd go with "singleton". The only reason it "already has a meaning in
CS" is that the meaning is the same.  A singleton set is a set with only
one element, a singleton list is a list with only one element, and a
singleton class is a class with only one instance.

-- 
Darren New 
San Diego, CA, USA (PST). Cryptokeys on demand.
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  reply	other threads:[~2001-11-10  3:31 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 90+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2001-11-02 20:29 List container strawman 1.1 Ted Dennison
2001-11-02 21:00 ` Larry Kilgallen
2001-11-02 21:08   ` Ted Dennison
2001-11-02 21:43     ` Larry Kilgallen
2001-11-02 21:20 ` Darren New
2001-11-02 23:33   ` Jeffrey Carter
2001-11-03  0:19     ` Darren New
2001-11-03  7:03   ` Ted Dennison
2001-11-02 21:45 ` Eric Merritt
2001-11-02 22:52   ` Larry Kilgallen
2001-11-03  7:09   ` Ted Dennison
2001-11-04  0:30   ` Nick Roberts
2001-11-05 12:40     ` Eric Merritt
2001-11-05 22:26       ` Nick Roberts
2001-11-05 23:28         ` Eric Merritt
2001-11-06 16:42           ` Nick Roberts
2001-11-06 17:24             ` Stephen Leake
2001-11-06 18:28               ` Eric Merritt
2001-11-06 22:17               ` Nick Roberts
2001-11-07 19:31                 ` Stephen Leake
2001-11-07 22:55                   ` Nick Roberts
2001-11-10  3:17                   ` Ted Dennison
2001-11-10  3:31                     ` Darren New [this message]
2001-11-13 16:47                       ` Stephen Leake
2001-11-13 17:21                         ` Darren New
2001-11-13 20:36                           ` Ted Dennison
2001-11-13 23:48                             ` Ben Place
2001-11-14  4:01                               ` Nick Roberts
2001-11-14 16:10                                 ` Jeffrey Carter
2001-11-14 19:12                                   ` Ted Dennison
2001-11-14 22:32                                   ` Jeffrey Carter
     [not found]                                   ` <_mzI7.24675 <3BF2F0E7.5DD40B4B@boeing.com>
2001-11-15  3:49                                     ` Nick Roberts
2001-11-10  3:07               ` Ted Dennison
2001-11-10 14:18               ` Florian Weimer
2001-11-13 16:48                 ` Stephen Leake
2001-11-06 18:21             ` Eric Merritt
2001-11-08 11:53               ` Simon Wright
2001-11-06 16:30       ` Darren New
2001-11-06 18:19         ` Eric Merritt
2001-11-04  4:55   ` Larry Hazel
     [not found] ` <3BE31DD5.FF96AFE0@san.rr.com>
2001-11-03  7:07   ` Ted Dennison
2001-11-03 18:59     ` Jeffrey Carter
2001-11-04 19:07       ` Darren New
2001-11-04 22:21         ` Jeffrey Carter
2001-11-04 23:43           ` James Rogers
2001-11-05 18:09           ` Darren New
2001-11-05 22:59             ` Jeffrey Carter
2001-11-04 20:56 ` Jean-Marc Bourguet
2001-11-05 20:00   ` Ted Dennison
2001-11-05 20:27     ` Darren New
2001-11-05 20:54       ` Ted Dennison
2001-11-05 22:30         ` Darren New
2001-11-08 10:50     ` Ehud Lamm
2001-11-05  9:53 ` Mike Ovenden
2001-11-05 14:37 ` Jean-Marc Bourguet
2001-11-05 20:03   ` Ted Dennison
2001-11-06  8:52     ` Jean-Marc Bourguet
2001-11-05 16:01 ` Marin David Condic
2001-11-05 20:06   ` Ted Dennison
2001-11-05 20:45     ` Marin David Condic
2001-11-08 10:54       ` Ehud Lamm
2001-11-08 19:30         ` Marin David Condic
2001-11-08 22:06           ` Nick Roberts
2001-11-10 18:15         ` Simon Wright
2001-11-11 21:33           ` Pascal Obry
2001-11-11 21:55             ` Ehud Lamm
2001-11-05 22:37   ` Nick Roberts
2001-11-09 15:51     ` Ted Dennison
2001-11-10  0:47       ` Nick Roberts
2001-11-06 12:38 ` Roy Bell
2001-11-08 10:56   ` Ehud Lamm
2001-11-08 18:08     ` Roy Bell
2001-11-09 15:55       ` Ted Dennison
2001-11-09 16:15         ` Ehud Lamm
2001-11-09 17:37         ` Marin David Condic
2001-11-09 22:24           ` Ehud Lamm
2001-11-11 15:39             ` Marin David Condic
2001-11-10  2:35           ` Ted Dennison
2001-11-10  4:03             ` Jeffrey Carter
2001-11-11 21:09               ` Simon Wright
2001-11-12  5:33                 ` Ted Dennison
2001-11-12 16:13                 ` Jeffrey Carter
2001-11-13  7:11                   ` Simon Wright
2001-11-11 15:45             ` Marin David Condic
2001-11-11 21:03           ` Simon Wright
2001-11-11 21:57             ` Ehud Lamm
2001-11-12 15:24             ` Marin David Condic
2001-11-13  7:06               ` Simon Wright
2001-11-13 21:21                 ` Marin David Condic
2001-11-13 16:55             ` Stephen Leake
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