Re: Controversy re lower-case feature names

Peter Gummer <[email protected]> Sun, 27 Nov 2005 22:52:44 +1100
Newsgroups gmane.comp.lang.eiffel.smalleiffel
Message-ID <[email protected]>
LEMAITRE Guillaume wrote:

> Howard Thomson wrote:
>> To that end, I modify my SE compiler in tools/parser/ 
>> eiffel_parser.e as follows:
>> [SNIP]
>> That at least allows me to work **productively** on extending my  
>> existing project, rather than wasting masses of time adapting  
>> working code to Smart(?)Eiffel's requirements.
>
> I also wrote a patch to avoid warnings about spelling of current,  
> void, true, false, and precursor. If someone is also interested in  
> it, let me know.

It would be cool if these little patches were collected together and  
made available as a SmartEiffel that is more sympathetic to the needs  
of its users.

It would need a name of its own. SympatheticEiffel? Hmm, I've seen a  
similar pun on the SmartEiffel web site. How about ... NiceEiffel?

  ;-)

- Peter Gummer