Main Entry: quin·tes·sence
Pronunciation: kwin-'te-s&n(t)s
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French quinte essence, from
Medieval Latin quinta essentia, literally, fifth essence
1 : the fifth and highest element in ancient and medieval philosophy
that permeates all nature and is the substance composing
the celestial bodies
2 : the essence of a thing in its purest and most concentrated form
3 : the most typical example or representative
c) The most typical example or representative of an instance is its
class, IMO; the eigenclass (I’m trying to get used to the word since
Matz is leaning that way) is a special case.
c) The most typical example or representative of an instance is its
class, IMO; the eigenclass (I’m trying to get used to the word since
Matz is leaning that way) is a special case.
Medieval Latin quinta essentia, literally, fifth essence
Thomas’ idea, and the related term #customization and the #customize
method?
Thanks,
T.
Perhaps a bit too long, although it’s more concise than class << self; self; end'. I quite favorbehavior’, since that’s really what it is; a
container for an object’s behavior.
Perhaps a bit too long, although it’s more concise than class << self; self; end'. I quite favor behavior’, since that’s really what it is; a
container for an object’s behavior.
Right. that’s sort of the reasoning I think Dave T. was suggesting.
Howver “behavior” is a little too generic b/c the regular class of an
object also defines behavior.
Although it is even longer, that’s why I felt #customization was a
better fit, with #customize as a nice shortcut for
customization.class_eval.
