Am 22.10.2015 10:21 schrieb "Mark Morgan Lloyd" < [email protected]>: > > Michael Schnell wrote: > >> On 10/21/2015 05:27 PM, Sven Barth wrote: > > >>> Better usage of terms: Exceptions are thrown (or raised), events are signaled. >> >> You are right. "thrown" is not a good wording for Events. I mostly read "fired" on that behalf. > > > "Signalled" is not a good choice IMO, because of unix-style signals and their handlers (e.g. sending a HUP signal to a process, to get it to re-read its configuration). > > "Triggered" can have problems if a database is being used. > > "Fired" seems like a fairly good choice, since it also implies immediacy.
Yes, there is a bit of ambiguity with "signaled" and "fired" indeed seems best :) Regards, Sven
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