As far as I can tell "numericality" is not a word. Maybe this method should be renamed. -- R. Mark Volkmann Partner, Object Computing, Inc.
In article <f0fcc68205082114256fe5ee93-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>, r.mark.volkmann- Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w-XMD5yJDbdMReXY1tMh2IBg@public.gmane.org says...> As far as I can tell "numericality" is not a word. Maybe this method > should be renamed.Yes... I believe the proper English would be "validates_octopodes_of". -- Jay Levitt | Wellesley, MA | I feel calm. I feel ready. I can only Faster: jay at jay dot fm | conclude that''s because I don''t have a http://www.jay.fm | full grasp of the situation. - Mark Adler
Ok... Maybe numericality is not a word. But, as a non-english person I must say that the octopuss stuff was really alien looking :P, Ronny Jay Levitt wrote:> In article <f0fcc68205082114256fe5ee93-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>, r.mark.volkmann- > Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w-XMD5yJDbdMReXY1tMh2IBg@public.gmane.org says... > >>As far as I can tell "numericality" is not a word. Maybe this method >>should be renamed. > > > Yes... I believe the proper English would be "validates_octopodes_of". >
Hi> As far as I can tell "numericality" is not a word. Maybe this method > should be renamed. > >I''m not one of the Rails developers nor a native English speaker but let me throw in a quote from Goethe''s Faust: Mephistoles: Quite true! But don''t torment yourself to anxiously; For at the point where concepts fail, At the right time a word is thrust in there. Do you have a better word for "numericality"? I thought about this a bit but could not find a "one-word" term for the concept of "a string that evaluates as a number". Additionally, in the ever word-creating information/computer scene, I don''t see the harm of another word. Just adding "ity" to the perfect English word "numerical" IMO maybe is a neologism but not an invalid one. ;) Manuel Holtgrewe
Excellent quote! To quote an episode of Futurama where Zoidberg is playing detective: Zoidberg: I have degrees in murderology AND murderonomy! Alternatives to numericality might be: ''numberosity'' and ''numberness'' (they seem to denote apathy though) ;) Matt On Aug 21, 2005, at 8:51 PM, Manuel Holtgrewe wrote:> Hi > > > > >> As far as I can tell "numericality" is not a word. Maybe this method >> should be renamed. >> >> >> > > I''m not one of the Rails developers nor a native English speaker > but let me throw in a quote from Goethe''s Faust: > > Mephistoles: Quite true! But don''t torment yourself to anxiously; > For at the point where concepts fail, > At the right time a word is thrust in there. > > Do you have a better word for "numericality"? I thought about this > a bit but could not find a "one-word" term for the concept of "a > string that evaluates as a number". Additionally, in the ever word- > creating information/computer scene, I don''t see the harm of > another word. Just adding "ity" to the perfect English word > "numerical" IMO maybe is a neologism but not an invalid one. > > ;) > > Manuel Holtgrewe > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Rails mailing list > Rails-1W37MKcQCpIf0INCOvqR/iCwEArCW2h5@public.gmane.org > http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails > >Matt Pelletier pelletierm-A1PILTyJ15gXhy9q4Lf3Ug@public.gmane.org
On Aug 21, 2005, at 5:51 PM, Manuel Holtgrewe wrote:> Hi > > > > >> As far as I can tell "numericality" is not a word. Maybe this method >> should be renamed. >> >> >> > > I''m not one of the Rails developers nor a native English speaker > but let me throw in a quote from Goethe''s Faust: > > Mephistoles: Quite true! But don''t torment yourself to anxiously; > For at the point where concepts fail, > At the right time a word is thrust in there. > > Do you have a better word for "numericality"? I thought about this > a bit but could not find a "one-word" term for the concept of "a > string that evaluates as a number". Additionally, in the ever word- > creating information/computer scene, I don''t see the harm of > another word. Just adding "ity" to the perfect English word > "numerical" IMO maybe is a neologism but not an invalid one. > > ;) > > Manuel Holtgrewe > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Rails mailing list > Rails-1W37MKcQCpIf0INCOvqR/iCwEArCW2h5@public.gmane.org > http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails >I saw DHH speak at FOSCON a few weeks ago. Someone made a joke about validates_numericality_of. DHH said that he was sure he saw it used before and now its too late to change it ;-) -Ezra Zygmuntowicz WebMaster Yakima Herald-Republic Newspaper ezra-gdxLOakOTQ9oetBuM9ipNAC/G2K4zDHf@public.gmane.org 509-577-7732
On 22-aug-2005, at 4:05, Matt Pelletier wrote:> Alternatives to numericality might be: ''numberosity'' and > ''numberness'' (they seem to denote apathy though) ;)Numbers are numerable, so numerability? -- Regards, Charles.
On 22-aug-2005, at 8:26, Charles M. Gerungan wrote:>> Alternatives to numericality might be: ''numberosity'' and >> ''numberness'' (they seem to denote apathy though) ;) > > Numbers are numerable, so numerability?But, string representations of numbers can be counted, too! -- Regards, Charles.
On 22-aug-2005, at 8:47, Charles M. Gerungan wrote:>>> Alternatives to numericality might be: ''numberosity'' and >>> ''numberness'' (they seem to denote apathy though) ;) >> >> Numbers are numerable, so numerability? > > But, string representations of numbers can be counted, too!Hmm. Let''s just leave it as it is then, as most seem to grasp its meaning. -- Regards, Charles.