[Edu-sig] Errors in Wikipedia entry for IronPython?

[kirby urner]

> In Java, rather than properties, they have the JavaBeans naming
> convention.  According to this convention, getters are named getFoo()
> -> foo, and setters are named setFoo(foo) -> void.  In most of the
> dotNet code I've seen, you can take Java (or SVG, or whatever system
> they're imitating this month) and make it initCap (getFoo() becomes
> GetFoo()). Since Jython treats the JavaBeans calling conventions as
> properties, I assume IronPython is doing something similar.  Although
> in that case, you should be able to just write AllBooks rather than
> GetAllBooks (although both ways might work).

Yes, I'm somewhat familiar with JavaBeans.  It wasn't the naming
conventions that bothered me so much, as using Get... but not making
it a callable.  I gather some more feedback.  Not a high priority.

> I think you should freely change the obvious typo, but not the code
> unless you've tried to run it and found it does not actually work.  I
> don't have IronPython, or any intention to install or run it, so take
> anything I say about it with a large grain of salt.
>
> --Dethe

OK.

Kirby