On Wed, Dec 19, 2018 at 6:41 AM Konstantin Tokarev <annu...@yandex.ru>
wrote:

>
> I agree that "atomic" part of AtomicString is kinda misleading, however
> wiki
> explains it all
>
> https://trac.webkit.org/wiki/EfficientStrings#AtomicStringVSString
>
> BTW, /me personally didn't know what "interned string" is until today :)
>

The return value of RegisterClass Win32 API is ATOM.
And, Lisp has the similar concepts of intern and atom.
I've never thought AtomicString is a confusing name until I see you
comments today.
It is a intrinsic name for me as a Win32 and Lisp programmer.

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/desktop/api/winbase/nf-winbase-addatoma
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/desktop/api/winuser/nf-winuser-registerclassa
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