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The world of Eiffel tends to adopt very special meaning to certain terms. Please add you own words and definitions. Please try to keep the list sorted alphabetically.
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Eiffel uses a precisely defined terminology. That terminology sometimes sounds strange to programmers used to other languages, but it's only because (1) there has been a systematic effort to classify object-oriented concepts in a logical way; (2) some of the terms predate terminology that is used in other languages. You will see, however, that behind every choice of term there is a carefully devised rationale.


; Attribute : A name/type pair that will lead to a corresponding field in the instances of the class.
The new, community-based Eiffel glossary has been moved and is now available at http://www.eiffelroom.org/glossary
; Cluster : A group of classes that home something in common. Normally all these classes are stored in one directory.
 
; Feature : A common term for routines and attributes that make up the class.
Also, there is a glossary of Eiffel terminology for .NET developers available at http://docs.eiffel.com/eiffelstudio/technologies/dotnet/eiffel_dotnet_language/10_conventions/10_terminology.html
; Routine : A piece of code that is associated with a class and may be executed on its instances.

Latest revision as of 10:40, 13 March 2007

Eiffel uses a precisely defined terminology. That terminology sometimes sounds strange to programmers used to other languages, but it's only because (1) there has been a systematic effort to classify object-oriented concepts in a logical way; (2) some of the terms predate terminology that is used in other languages. You will see, however, that behind every choice of term there is a carefully devised rationale.

The new, community-based Eiffel glossary has been moved and is now available at http://www.eiffelroom.org/glossary

Also, there is a glossary of Eiffel terminology for .NET developers available at http://docs.eiffel.com/eiffelstudio/technologies/dotnet/eiffel_dotnet_language/10_conventions/10_terminology.html

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