[Dbix-class] DBIx::Class::Tree::Fast

[Rob Kinyon]

On Wed, Aug 4, 2010 at 12:10, Ashley Pond V <apv at sedition.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 4, 2010 at 7:50 AM, fREW Schmidt <frioux at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> I note you use the term 'ascendants' which is not a real word and so would
>>> be confusing. Is this the same as 'ancestors'? If so then it would be best
>>> to use ancestors since that is a word know by other people and it keeps it
>>> consistent with other similar modules.
>>>
>>> Are you sure? I  found ascendant in Webster. Though i'm not a native
>>> English speaker, I was thinking it was more coherent to oppose with
>>> descendant. But it would be easy to fix that anyway.
>
> It is a real word and non-native English speakers sometimes understand
> English definitions better than the native speakers who learned them
> via context and with subjective connotations. Non-native speakers make
> fewer assumptions. :)
>
> While ancestor is the commonly used word for this purpose ascendant
> seems a fine choice. Though ancestor isn't foolish here it does seem a
> hobgoblin if it blocks the obvious antonym of descendant from use.
> Also, it's Perl so we could have both as synonyms.

Except "ascendant" means "rising". "ancestor" and "descendant" are the
proper terms for tree-walking. "ascendant" is not the right term.

Rob