[rspec-devel] crazy semantic question

[Dan North]

I really like "sense" too. I was also playing with "intent", but "positive
intent" and "negative intent" have specific meaning elsewhere in cognitive
psychology. (A statement with negative intent would probably want to do you
harm!)

So my vote is for "sense".

Cheers,
Dan


2008/6/21 Dean Wampler <deanwampler at gmail.com>:

> How about:
> The sense of the expression "x should y" is positive.
> The sense of the expression "x should not y" is negative.
>
> dean
>
> On Sat, Jun 21, 2008 at 11:55 AM, David Chelimsky <dchelimsky at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Help please. I'm struggling to find the right word. Here are some
>> statements - can you fill in the ???:
>>
>> The sign of +1 is positive.
>> The sign of -1 is negative.
>>
>> The polarity of this magnet is positive.
>> The polarity of that magnet is negative.
>>
>> The ??? of the expression "x should y" is positive.
>> The ??? of the expression "x should not y" is negative.
>>
>> I've already ruled out 'should-ness' :)
>>
>> Cheers,
>> David
>> _______________________________________________
>> rspec-devel mailing list
>> rspec-devel at rubyforge.org
>> http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/rspec-devel
>>
>
>
>
> --
> Dean Wampler
> http://www.objectmentor.com
> http://www.aspectprogramming.com
> http://aquarium.rubyforge.org
> http://www.contract4j.org
>
> _______________________________________________
> rspec-devel mailing list
> rspec-devel at rubyforge.org
> http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/rspec-devel
>
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://rubyforge.org/pipermail/rspec-devel/attachments/20080626/f673c489/attachment.html>