Eiffel Glossary
The world of Eiffel tends to adopt very special meanings to certain terms. Please add you own words and definitions. Please try to keep the list sorted alphabetically.
- Attribute
- Name/type pair that will lead to a corresponding field in the instances of the class.
- Cluster
- Group of classes that have something in common. Normally all these classes are stored in one directory.
- Feature
- Common term for routines and attributes that make up the class.
- Library
- Group of classes that are self-contained, but could also depend on other libraries.
- Routine
- Piece of code that is associated with a class and may be executed on its instances.
