[C++-sig] Re: Silly naming question

[Berthold Höllmann]

"David Abrahams" <dave at boost-consulting.com> writes:

>  As I revise the class_<> interface to use object instead of handle<>, I
> came across
> 
>     .setattr("name", obj)
> 
> and I'm just wondering if the name "bind" wouldn't be more appropriate here
> than a tweaky abbreviation like setattr:
> 
>     .bind("name", value)
> 
> I'm mildly +1 on this change before we release the library.
> 
> Other votes?

To me it sounds like a the python __setattr__ special object method.
If it has the same purpose, I would vote -1 for the namechange.

Greetings

Berthold
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