Decorators

Roy Smith roy at panix.com
Sat Aug 7 18:40:47 EDT 2004


"Colin J. Williams" <cjw at sympatico.ca> wrote:
> It seems desirable that we choose words which are as close as possible 
> to their everyday usage.

On the other hand, it's desirable to pick words which have established 
meanings in computer science too.  The concept of a "decorator" is 
pretty well established.  The term has been used in GUI frameworks for 
10 or 15 years, and more recently has been enshrined in various pattern 
collections.



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