MumbleCloseable

Brian Goetz brian.goetz at oracle.com
Fri Jun 28 12:31:29 PDT 2013


Seriously?  There's a bikeshed begging to be painted, and no one has a 
brush?

On 6/27/2013 11:21 AM, Brian Goetz wrote:
> OK, which do we like best:
>
>      MayHoldCloseableResource
>      MayHoldResource
>      MayHoldCloseable
>
> ?
>
> On 6/26/2013 6:45 PM, Doug Lea wrote:
>> On 06/26/13 16:36, Brian Goetz wrote:
>>> What do we think of this name?
>>>
>>>    MayHoldCloseableResource
>>>
>>
>> The royal We thinks: fine :-)
>> If we can't have a stunningly great name, we can at least have
>> a stunningly clear one.
>>
>> -Doug
>>
>>
>>> Shortenings might include:
>>>
>>>    MayHoldResource
>>>    MayHoldCloseable
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 6/25/2013 11:37 AM, Brian Goetz wrote:
>>>> Actually,
>>>>
>>>> MayHoldCloseableResource
>>>>
>>>> seems not too bad.  It is a tad wordy, but relatively few people will
>>>> have to type it, and reading it is pretty clear -- this object may hold
>>>> a closeable resource.
>>>>
>>>> On 6/25/2013 11:14 AM, Brian Goetz wrote:
>>>>>> These together provide something better than any other related
>>>>>> schemes I know. I think that if we cam up with stunningly
>>>>>> good names for these, the plan would be completely uncontroversial.
>>>>>
>>>>> MayHoldResource
>>>>> HoldsResource
>>>>> MayRequireClosing
>>>>> ...
>>>
>>


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