duck!

[Justin Johansson]

On 16/10/2010 9:33 AM, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
> On 10/15/10 16:16 CDT, Kagamin wrote:
>> Andrei Alexandrescu Wrote:
>>
>>> I was talking to Walter about Kenji's adaptTo. We both think it's a very
>>> powerful enabler, but adaptTo is a bland name. After discussing a few
>>> marketing strategies, I proposed "duck". It's short, simple, and evokes
>>> "duck typing".
>>
>> 1. adaptTo helped me to understand what it does, while duck!Drawable
>> doesn't.
>> 2. I don't think it's duck typing, I'm affraid "duck" name is misleading.
>
> It's duck typing all right. Membership to the target interface is
> assessed based on the existence of that interface's methods. If the
> object "quacks" like the interface, it belongs to the interface.
>
> Andrei

Since this is the D implementation of duck typing, how about
DDuck!

Walt :-)