# Term meaning "Class or Module" **URL:** \ **Category:** Ruby\ **Created:** [August 7, 2010, 3:54pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/term-meaning-class-or-module/192881 "2010-08-07T15:54:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![tcsnide](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/eb8c5e/32.png) [@tcsnide](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/tcsnide)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2010, 3:54pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/term-meaning-class-or-module/192881/1 "2010-08-07T15:54:22Z")
Anyone have a term, for an attribute name, meaning “Class or Module”. I probably would just use #class but that’s a keyword so that’s out. So far I’ve tried #scope and #namespace, but neither seem quite right. Any suggestions? ---
**Author:** ![tcsnide](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/eb8c5e/32.png) [@tcsnide](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/tcsnide)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2010, 4:25pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/term-meaning-class-or-module/192881/2 "2010-08-07T16:25:24Z")
People sometimes use “klass”. As for module, I haven’t ever found a need for that, but perhaps “component” would be good. ---
**Author:** ![tcsnide](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/eb8c5e/32.png) [@tcsnide](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/tcsnide)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2010, 4:31pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/term-meaning-class-or-module/192881/3 "2010-08-07T16:31:50Z")
On 2010-08-07 14:51:16 +0100, Intransition said: > Anyone have a term, for an attribute name, meaning “Class or Module”. > I probably would just use #class but that’s a keyword so that’s out. > So far I’ve tried #scope and #namespace, but neither seem quite right. > Any suggestions? I’ve seen the deliberate mispelling #klass used before. Chris ---
**Author:** ![tcsnide](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/eb8c5e/32.png) [@tcsnide](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/tcsnide)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2010, 11:55pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/term-meaning-class-or-module/192881/4 "2010-08-07T23:55:32Z")
On 8/7/10, Intransition [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > Anyone have a term, for an attribute name, meaning “Class or Module”. > I probably would just use #class but that’s a keyword so that’s out. > So far I’ve tried #scope and #namespace, but neither seem quite right. > Any suggestions? #class is a perfectly fine name for a method. So is #module. Ruby is, as you nknow very forgiving about letting you use keywords for method names. Unless this method is going to be called without a receiver (inside the class where you define it) a lot, there will be no awkwardness about calling it. ---
**Author:** ![tcsnide](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/eb8c5e/32.png) [@tcsnide](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/tcsnide)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2010, 11:35pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/term-meaning-class-or-module/192881/5 "2010-08-07T23:35:03Z")
On Sat, Aug 7, 2010 at 3:51 PM, Intransition [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > Anyone have a term, for an attribute name, meaning “Class or Module”. > I probably would just use #class but that’s a keyword so that’s out. > So far I’ve tried #scope and #namespace, but neither seem quite right. > Any suggestions? class\_or\_module ? Jesus. ---
**Author:** ![tcsnide](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/eb8c5e/32.png) [@tcsnide](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/tcsnide)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2010, 1:36am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/term-meaning-class-or-module/192881/6 "2010-08-08T01:36:48Z")
I would tend to call it a module, since a class is\_a module, and I’m guessing it’s probably the only subclass of module. ---
**Author:** ![tcsnide](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/eb8c5e/32.png) [@tcsnide](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/tcsnide)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2010, 12:40am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/term-meaning-class-or-module/192881/7 "2010-08-08T00:40:36Z")
On Sat, Aug 7, 2010 at 11:54 PM, Caleb C. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > #class is a perfectly fine name for a method. So is #module. Ruby is, > as you nknow very forgiving about letting you use keywords for method > names. Unless this method is going to be called without a receiver > (inside the class where you define it) a lot, there will be no > awkwardness about calling it. That’s correct but it would override Object#class though, probably not a good idea. ---
**Author:** ![tcsnide](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/eb8c5e/32.png) [@tcsnide](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/tcsnide)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2010, 1:46am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/term-meaning-class-or-module/192881/8 "2010-08-08T01:46:10Z")
On 8 August 2010 01:36, Andrew W. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > On Sat, Aug 7, 2010 at 9:51 AM, Intransition [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > > > Anyone have a term, for an attribute name, meaning “Class or Module”. > > I probably would just use #class but that’s a keyword so that’s out. > > So far I’ve tried #scope and #namespace, but neither seem quite right. > > Any suggestions? > > I would tend to call it a module, since a class is\_a module, and I’m > guessing it’s probably the only subclass of module. Agreed. And for the name, I already met some ‘mod’ (if ‘module’ can not work), which is better than ‘klass’ to my eyes. (Wrong spelling just hurts) B.D.