Jan. 22, 2004
2:30 a.m.
Then let me suggest ectomorphic classes, as opposed to the previous endomorphic classes. Roll-your-own classes can be called mesomorphic classes. Extension classes can be called paleomorphic classes. Then there's a precise term for each kind, and bystanders are automically informed by the very terminology used that their lives are too short to worry about the distinctions being drawn <wink>.
I'd be +1 on this being placed in the documentation, just to give readers a chuckle every time they read about classes. A little humor in the docs never hurt. - Josiah