[PD] "object" or "class" in pdpedia

Mathieu Bouchard matju at artengine.ca
Thu Sep 13 18:30:30 CEST 2007


On Thu, 13 Sep 2007, Thomas Grill wrote:

> Hmmm, i can follow your reasing, but i guess noone would say "class of 
> cats" when he/she means cats in general. That would be "objects" for pd 
> then, not "class".

They wouldn't think of a cat as an object and they wouldn't say a "cat 
object" either, so, one way or another, you are teaching them to use a 
certain word.

> For abstractions, the word is "abstraction". An abstraction in turn 
> contains objects that may be of type

But you don't distinguish the abstraction instances from the original one 
that the user made?

> That worked quite well so far, although i'm interested in more correct 
> formulations without complicating things.

Incorrect or vague formulations are an excellent way to complicate things. 
Don't look at just the cost of using precise formulations, look also at 
the cost of using vague ones.

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