Terminology to use when discussing object model about montage HOT 5 CLOSED

I think it would be unwise to use "prototype" as a verb in this context.

I actually don’t like "subtype", but I’m at a loss for words. "create" in the sense of Object.create means to create an object that "inherits" "prototypically" from a given "prototype" and for convenience may extend the new object with some properties (or "prototypally", but why use a word that’s not in the dictionary when there’s a proper conjugation that serves the purpose). Creation is a tool for both "instantiation" and "deriving" new types and the issue of defining properties is orthogonal. It just happens that in Montage, we conventionally restrict ourselves to defining new properties when we "derive" new types.

The problem with "create" isn’t merely with terminology, but the need for terminology to distinguish proper usage, rather than distinguishing proper usage with syntax. See #37

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Agreed, prototype should not be used as a verb here.

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@kriskowal you can lead this thread

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• "prototype" (noun) as used in JavaScript, a prototype is an object that shares its interface through "prototypical inheritance". Both instances and types have prototypes.
• "create" (verb) to create a new prototype from a base prototype. Creation is used for both "type inheritance" and "instantiation".
• "(Montage) type" (noun) a prototype for the purpose of inheriting a common interface. Montage types are always defined by rich property descriptors which extend ES5 property descriptors but have slightly different defaults. Creating descriptors has some overhead, which is acceptable for types because they are never hot code.
• "instance" (noun) a prototype for the purpose of doing work. The properties of an instance have state which must not be shared by other objects. An instance must not be used as a type.
• "inherit" (verb) to create a new type, based on another type. Types can be used to create instances or types. Types should only have state if it is acceptable for all instances of that type and its descendant types to share that state. Shared state cannot be serialized.
• "instantiate" (verb) to create a new instance from a type.
• "initialize" (verb) to set up an initial, consistent state for instance. Objects that have been deserialized are not initialized: it’s assumed that they were serialized with a consistent internal state.
• "state" (noun) the owned properties of an instance. Some state can be serialized and deserialized.

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Please close.

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