[alicebot-archcomm] RE: [alicebot-archcomm]Attribute var

[Andrew Teal]

(diverting back to the discussion thread)

So <set property="name">Fred</set> looks good ...

And what happens when the property is varied (by Deed Poll :-)  ) -- doesn't
that make it (a) variable?

Andrew.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jon Baer [mailto:jonbaer@digitalanywhere.com]
> Sent: Thursday, March 14, 2002 10:51 PM
> To: alicebot-archcomm@list.alicebot.org
> Subject: Re: [alicebot-archcomm] [VOTE] Attribute var (Jon)
> 
> 
> I vote NO ... here are my reasons:
> 
> Im changing my inital vote for a few reasons ... first ... 
> it's not a "variable"
> by definition.
> 
> a symbol (like x or y) that is used in mathematical or
>           logical expressions to represent a variable quantity
> 
> There is no quantity dealing with it.
> 
> When I original switched <set_whatever> to <set 
> name="whatever"> the definition
> is that it is the name of a "property" as such:
> 
> of or pertaining to a particular person; relating to, or
>         affecting, an individual, or each of many individuals;
>         peculiar or proper to private concerns; not public or
>         general; as, personal comfort; personal desire.
> 
> The other reason which never quite made it was because <set> 
> and <get> were part
> of list management that also included <add>, <remove> with 
> indexing and
> searching.  All of which where named list properties relating 
> to a single user
> (or identification).
> 
> - Jon
> 
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