10 Mar
2010
10 Mar
'10
7:06 a.m.
Andrey Semashev wrote:
It looks like you're missing the difference between attributes and attribute values. Attributes do not represent any values, most of the time. For instance, a function that returns the current time stamp can be an attribute. Attribute values, on the other hand, do represent values (the concrete time readings in the example), and these values are processed by the most part of the library. So there is no way around constructing a view of attribute values. Also, dealing with a single view is much easier than with a number of distinct sets.
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? - Volodya