[Bioperl-l] Moose and Roles

[Chris Fields]

I agree.  And, yes, the 'I' is a kludge of sorts to indicate an  
interface.  I'll use that namespace for the time being.

chris

On May 26, 2009, at 2:37 PM, Mark A. Jensen wrote:

> I think I'd want to go completely Moose-y and call them  
> Bio::Role::.x (The 'I' is sort of a semantic kludge, as I understand  
> it)
> MAJ
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris Fields" <cjfields at illinois.edu 
> >
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> Subject: [Bioperl-l] Moose and Roles
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>
>> All,
>> (If you aren't interested in Moose, feel free to ignore)
>> I'm toying a bit with Moose to get some basic BioPerl-like classes   
>> rolling.  One thing that's popping up early is refactoring  
>> interfaces  (Bio::IdentifiableI, Bio::DescribableI) into simple  
>> Roles.  Since  roles are geared towards particular actions a class  
>> performs (a class  'Foo' does role 'Bar'), how do we want to name  
>> these to not confuse  them with regular classes?  Interface  
>> convention for BioPerl was  affixing the class name with 'I'; we  
>> could affix these with  'R'/'Role'.  Or should we have a specific  
>> Bio::Role namespace?
>> Suggestions welcome!
>> chris
>> PS: Here's the basic syntax in Moose-ish (very simple):
>> # role
>> package Bio::DescribableR;
>> use Bio::Root::Role;
>> has description => (
>>    is     => 'rw',
>>    isa    => 'Str'
>> );
>> no Bio::Root::Role;
>> package Foo;
>> use Bio::Root::Moose;
>> with 'Bio::DescribableR';
>> # description gets mixed-in, not inherited
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