duck!

[Roman Ivanov]

On 10/19/2010 7:01 PM, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
> On 10/19/10 17:50 CDT, Roman Ivanov wrote:
>> Hm, how about this?
>>
>> auto d = make!Drawable(obj);
>>
>> Reads "make Drawable from obj".
> 
> "make" has factory conotations. I think it's best to concede and call
> the artifact "adapt".
> 
> Andrei

It's true about factory connotations. I think "adapt" would work pretty
well as a name.

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A good way of looking at API naming might be by recalling APIs for other
languages/libraries and trying to avoid the bad things they had.