From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,842accb6a7d76669 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-11-09 19:31:12 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!jfk3-feed1.news.digex.net!dca6-feed2.news.digex.net!intermedia!newsfeed1.cidera.com!Cidera!cyclone.nyroc.rr.com!news-east.rr.com!cyclone.kc.rr.com!news.kc.rr.com!news-west.rr.com!lsnws01.we.mediaone.net!typhoon.san.rr.com!not-for-mail Message-ID: <3BEC9F87.DBED743D@san.rr.com> From: Darren New Organization: Boxes! X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.77 [en] (Windows NT 5.0; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: List container strawman 1.1 References: <9s941i$11mrei$3@ID-25716.news.dfncis.de> <9s9nkr$11se3h$1@ID-25716.news.dfncis.de> <3BEC9BB8.6010708@telepath.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Sat, 10 Nov 2001 03:31:37 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 66.75.151.160 X-Complaints-To: abuse@rr.com X-Trace: typhoon.san.rr.com 1005363097 66.75.151.160 (Fri, 09 Nov 2001 19:31:37 PST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 09 Nov 2001 19:31:37 PST Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:16190 Date: 2001-11-10T03:31:37+00:00 List-Id: 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. You will soon read a generic fortune cookie.