in Rust, methods should be object safe

Re:in Rust, methods should be object safe by Marzepansion on Saturday June 01, 2024 @05:23PM (#40549177)

This might be your experiences, but I've never worked with people who called member functions methods in C++. I've seen C# programmers who had never worked with C++ call them that, but in the C++ teams I can't recall an instance of that, even for multi lingual engineers

Though I do tend to work with teams where the average age is higher than the industry average, that might be warping my anecdotal experiences

I have had situations where the distinction matters, and they aren't academic either, but in API design, especially for libraries

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Re:in Rust, methods should be object safe by stouset on Saturday June 01, 2024 @05:29PM (#40549230)

I’ve had a similar experience, but if someone called a method a function or vice versa, it’s never been unclear what they meant. And it’s never been something that people would have felt the need to correct someone on.

I am aware of the distinction and I (probably?) instinctively use the two terms “correctly” the majority of the time. But if I just picked one or the other and used that word 100% of the time I would wager there would be zero confusion, except amongst pedants.

For what it’s worth, I say this as an avowed pedant.

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