[Nitro] properties

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On 4/2/06, Bryan Soto <bryan.a.soto at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 4/2/06, George Moschovitis <george.moschovitis at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > So by default Og would use "property" but Gtk users could say
> > >
> > >    Og.dsl_keywords(:property => :my_own_foobar_keyword)
> > >    class Foo    # in which context #property would collide
> > >      my_own_foobar_keyword :foo, String
> > >    end
> >
> >
> > naah, this is too much...
> >
>
> Just a thought. So we're back to the previous discussion of tracking
> down a good name.
>
> First, the exact problem is that every property defined in an Og model
> is stored in a hash that is accessed by using the name "properties".
> So strewn throughout the Glue and Og code are numerous calls to
> properties. Properties is also used by GTK to access the internal
> properties of a GLib object, so we are both using the same name and,
> depending on the order of require, one is replacing the other causing
> no end of headaches. The collision is that both Og and GTK are using
> "properties" internally.
>
> This is what's been suggested so far:
> graph_properties
> class_properties
> facet_properties
> facets
>
> Any other suggestions?
>
Maybe

"properties_hash"
"properties_table"
"h_properties"


Cheers,
  V. Seguí