[cap-talk] Petnames versus E-order with ocaps

James A. Donald jamesd at echeque.com
Thu Jan 29 14:53:24 EST 2009


Charles Landau wrote:
 > The two references Bob has to Carol (old and new) are
 > different (see above), so the petname system I'm
 > imagining must give them different petnames.

The two references are different in a way so subtle and
obscure that the user is unlikely to comprehend the
difference.

Such a difference should not exist in objects visible to
humans.  It will only cause trouble.


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