[Zope3-dev] More name game suggestions
Guido van Rossum
guido@python.org
Fri, 14 Dec 2001 15:07:49 -0500
> I like "adapter" because it's a generic usage that is easier to say than
> "implementation of an interface". I would say "wrapper" rather than
> "adapter" except that it would detract from the uniqueness of "wrapper" in
> talking about how acquisition works.
Having just written (with Jim's assistance :-) my first adapter, I
really like them -- the word sounds right for what adapters do, and
using an adapter is a breeze.
--Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/)