On Wednesday, August 1, 2012 at 4:26 PM, Mark S. Miller wrote: > I like it. +1. > Symbol was on my short list but worried it was too similar to Name. It seems less likely to conflict with extant code, but not by much. +1 (but we can get weirder if we wanted to) Rick > > On Wed, Aug 1, 2012 at 1:22 PM, Kevin Reid <[email protected]> wrote: > > Lisp precedent: Objects which are used to name things (that is, they > > are used as keys by identity), and may be not globally-named > > themselves, are called symbols. > > > > On Wed, Aug 1, 2012 at 12:47 PM, Mark S. Miller <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > Now that we have both private Names and unique Names, the general > > > category covering both is simply Names. Properties can therefore be > > > indexed by strings or Names. Strings are the ones consisting of a > > > sequence of characters that can typically be pronounced. Names are > > > anonymous identities. > > > > > > In the real world, names and identities are distinct concepts, and > > > names are the one corresponding to a unique sequence of characters > > > that can be pronounced. > > > > > > Is "Name" exactly the wrong name for a opaque unique identity > > > typically used to index a property? Is there a better term? > > > > > > -- > > > Cheers, > > > --MarkM > > > _______________________________________________ > > > es-discuss mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > https://mail.mozilla.org/listinfo/es-discuss > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > Cheers, > --MarkM > _______________________________________________ > es-discuss mailing list > [email protected] > https://mail.mozilla.org/listinfo/es-discuss > >
_______________________________________________ es-discuss mailing list [email protected] https://mail.mozilla.org/listinfo/es-discuss
