[Seaside] Re: Seaside & Ruby Rails Compared

[Günther Schmidt]

Avi,

Avi Bryant wrote:
> 
> On Sep 7, 2005, at 4:56 PM, Günther Schmidt wrote:
> 
>> Goran,
>>
>> sorry, but I think that's bad practice.
>>
>> I suggest to use singletons that act as brokers instead.
> 
> 
> What Göran was describing - having a class with a Default class var -  
> sounds exactly like a singleton to me.  Is there some other pattern  you 
> prefer?
> 
> Avi

the class variable should hold the one single instance of the class, and 
not anything else.

The instance is the one that holds on to a list of objects of interest 
(plus methods for adding and removing). I understood Göran's proposal to 
use the class not for creating instances at all, but use it only to 
provide slots for various data.

Günther

I also believe that Göran would have used the term Singleton explicitly, 
if that was what he meant. ;-)