[E-Lang] Proposed Naming Convention Changes
Ralph Hartley
hartley@aic.nrl.navy.mil
Wed, 22 Aug 2001 09:11:00 -0400
Terry Stanley wrote:
> +++++ An update. Before I could send this message off, marcs tried
> out the new conventions on the examples in Walnut -- "vow" is fine
> but "pass" just doesn't work. He thinks we should drop "pass" and
> instead, use "grip". I like "grip" but it seems out-of-character
> with our other names -- such as "vow". But perhaps we can change
> "vow" to something that is in-character with "grip".
How about "handle", or shortened "hand". The rational is that it is a
reference which, unlike a vow, will always be a reference (near or far).
Ralph Hartley