Rename for project

[jeffbcross]

1. The Deferred constructor shouldn't be the focal point of this project. This project should be treated as a small wrapper around the native Promise constructor to improve testability. Deferred is just a means of flattening and un-throw-safing the Promise constructor in order to use in the context of a zone, and isn't necessarily the recommended approach for using Promises with Angular 2.
2. Other angular 2 projects have cool names, like watchtower. This project should have a cooler name.

[tbosch]

+1

On Mon, Jun 9, 2014 at 11:52 AM, Jeff Cross notifications@github.com wrote:

1. The Deferred constructor shouldn't be the focal point of this project. This project should be treated as a small wrapper around the native Promise constructor to improve testability. Deferred is just a means of flattening and un-throw-safing the Promise constructor in order to use in the context of a zone, and isn't necessarily the recommended approach for using Promises with Angular 2.
2. Other angular 2 projects have cool names, like watchtower https://github.com/angular/watchtower.js. This project should have a cooler name.

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[btford]

:dancer:

I propose a name that involves some kind of idiom or play-on-words related to keeping promises.

[jeffbcross]

I was thinking of pinocchio, since it's ironic because all he does is lie

[jeffbcross]

Or maybe "abe" since Abraham Lincoln was called "honest abe"

[btford]

pinocchio

^ I like this one

[tbosch]

But Pinocchio does not relate to the async part that the stuff in this repo contains.... In that sense, Pinocchio would be good for a general mocking/testing lib, but would be too general for this one

On Tue, Jun 10, 2014 at 11:32 AM, Brian Ford notifications@github.com wrote:

pinocchio

^ I like this one

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[btford]

How do you figure? Pinocchio is totally async and non-blocking. I think you're missing out on a potentially adorable DSL here:

pinocchio.isRealBoy();
// => true

[jeffbcross]

@btford has a point

[jeffbcross]

"Callback" would be a good, ironic project name

[btford]

maybe literally-a-sink

[btford]

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[jeffbcross]

So should it be a noun or verb? prophesy vs prophecy. Or prophet

[jeffbcross]

I like prophet, less ambiguous, less likely to mis-spell.

[btford]

I prefer prophecy. cuz like "fulfilling the prophecy"

[petebacondarwin]

Prophetic? On 20 Jun 2014 17:51, "Brian Ford" notifications@github.com wrote:

I prefer prophecy. cuz like "fulfilling the prophecy"

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[btford]

I think "prophet" (by itself, uncounted and unqualified) is potentially controversial.

With prophecy, you can have an API like prophecy.fulfill, which is more amusing. prophecy is also free on npm.

[btford]

I npm publish'd this and added Jeff as an Owner.