Andrey Semashev wrote:
On 03/10/2010 10:06 AM, Vladimir Prus wrote:
Don't you think that using the word 'attribute' to mean 'function that computes attribute value' is bound to cause confusion? Is there some better name?
In conjunction with the attribute semantics (e.g. "the current time stamp attribute" or "the current thread identifier attribute") the term makes sense to me. Do you have a better suggestion?
The documentation is pretty clear regarding attributes. I read it before experimenting and therefore did not have problems with the semantics. But I agree that "attribute" representing a function is not the most intuitive thing I've ever seen. For instance, the "current time stamp" is a value (THE current time stamp). I would thus not normally interpret "current time stamp attribute" as a function. Personally I'd go with any of attribute_function/attribute_provider/attribute_generator/attribute_computer and attribute_value Regards, Roland