[cap-talk] Wikipedia: Object-capability model - reference vs. capability? KISS

David Hopwood david.nospam.hopwood at blueyonder.co.uk
Fri Jan 19 18:52:21 CST 2007


Jed Donnelley wrote:
> I suggest this section look like: [...]
> If there are no objections to the above I'll make those changes.

I suggest to "be bold". I've already made some of these changes, but avoiding
the introduction of "active object", and replacing "protected object" with
"encapsulated object".

> I notice that term "ambient authority" in the last sentence is
> italicized to indicated that it's a technical term, but it doesn't have
> a Wikipedia page.  I could take a first crack at that if that seems
> reasonable.

Yes, good idea. [[Confused deputy problem]] should also link to it.

(The comment on [[Talk:Confused deputy problem]] is right; the example on that
page is not a good one, as I think we've discussed before.)

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David Hopwood <david.nospam.hopwood at blueyonder.co.uk>



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