On Nov 7, 2012, at 5:12 PM, Remi Forax wrote:
> please the name 'locked object' should be changed,
> first because the fact that the value object uses bits also used to bias
> a lock
> is just an implementation detail and the name is too close to
> synchronized/j.u.c.l.Lock.
>
> why not steady or steadfast ?
Yeah, the name choice is kind of deliberately bad.
Hmmm.. a "stead" is a place, and stead{y,fast} means "stays in place". But
the point of a value object is that it can move around (via copying)!
Vitaly D. and Vladimir K. like "frozen", and I'm sympathetic.
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