Re: [ggt-devel] another potential usability issue from naming

[Kevin M. <ke...@vr...>]

I don't agree.  they are both creational.  each takes data as input to
seed that creation.

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On Wed, 29 May 2002, Ben Scott wrote:

> The semantics are different because makeTrans<Matrix>(Vec) is purely
> creational whereas makeTrans<Vec>(Matrix) is a retrieval function.
> makeTrans<Vec>(Matrix) is creational only as a byproduct of the fact that
> the data it needs to return must be in vector form.
>
> -----
> Ben Scott
> Research Assistant VRAC
> bs...@ia...
>
> On Wed, 29 May 2002, Kevin Meinert wrote:
>
> >
> > the semantics of all make functions are that they take input data, and
> > create something.
> >
> > the beauty of it is that you can insert arbitrary data (usually as long as
> > we implement the funcs)
> >
> > > Matrix makeTrans<Matrix>(Vec)
> > > Vec makeTrans<Vec>(Matrix)
> >
> > and even
> > Matrix makeTrans<Matrix>(Matrix)
> >
> > are all ways to get data types from others.  I guess I don't see how this
> > breaks any semantics.  The make functions are still object oriented in the
> > sense that they are factories, or constructors of objects.
> >
> > as soon as you understand this point, they should be usable.
> >
> > does that clear it up?
> >
> >
> > kevin
> >
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