Re: [spoon-discuss] Why we need OO

["Orc In A Spacesuit" <orcinaspacesuit@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I haven't yet taken part in the current OO discussion.  Here's my response 
to Rob's original email:

> Class: Integer
> Inherits from: Number
> Properties:
>   * It is an integer.

Point 1:
If we are going to use the same word for something as well as that 
something's definition, it could lead to problems.  I'd rather see a 
definition of the word "integer" there.

Point 2:
I think you're taking this a bit far.  I think that the properties of 
objects shouldn't be objects as well, but instead be simply values.

I don't know how to say it, but it doesn't seem quite right.  I guess, I'm 
having trouble visualizing things if, say, an integer were to become 
something else, like a rule or a society or a gnome, as strange as that 
might be.  Such shouldn't ever happen, as long as things are done in a 
sensical way.  But it still feels wrong.  Where exactly is the actual 
number?

> Class: List
> Inherits from: Concept
> Properties:
>   * It has any number of members (possibly zero), each of which is a 
> Thingy.

Any nonnegative integral members.

> Class: Property
> Inherits from: Text
>   * It describes a feature that any instance of a certain Class, or any of 
> its subclasses, has.
>   * It has a Chutzpah, which is an Integer. The Chutzpah can be explicitly 
> given by putting the number in curly braces in the property's text. If not 
> explicitly given, the Chutzpah is 1.

A "property" is appearently something that a Class might have, that defines 
things about instances of that class.  I think that you should tie the 
individual properties to their appropriate classes a bit better.

Orc in a Spacesuit

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