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List:       ruby-talk
Subject:    Re: Interfaces in Ruby
From:       Massimiliano Mirra <list () NOSPAMchromatic-harp ! com>
Date:       2002-10-18 13:53:06
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On Fri, Oct 18, 2002 at 10:42:05PM +0900, Paul Brannan wrote:
> > Second, is certifying a behaviour really a class's responsibility?
> 
> The intent of an interface is not to cerfity a particular behavior.  It
> is to certify that the author's intent is for the class to have a
> particular behavior.

Fair enough.  Still it bothers me that classes are `branded' with a
mark that says something about the author, not them.  (And one is
easily mistaken into thinking the other way round.)

Massimiliano

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