Extension vs defender methods

[Llewellyn Falco]

In Neal's defense, this isn't him defining "extension method", this is the current definition of "extension method"  in the programming world at large.

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On Nov 9, 2011, at 10:44 PM, Brian Goetz <brian.goetz at oracle.com> wrote:

> As Neal said, English is malleable.  If he wants to define "extension method" method to mean extended by a non-author, that's within the bounds of credibility.  We prefer to think of it as "extended after the fact".  (Another way to think of it is that the "extension" refers to the notion of interface; an interface with behavior is an "extended interface".)  
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