Guido van Rossum writes:
> But seriously I think we should just decide between Derived Type and
> Distinguished Type [Alias].
I like "typedef", but I'm pretty sure it wouldn't carry the same
connotations to people who aren't C programming oldtimers.
I dislike "derived" because that fits stuff like Union[int, str] or
List[int] *better* than NewType("A", int).
Bottom line: +1 for distinguished.
I may have a little trouble remembering that NewType creates
Distinguished Types (do they get a medal from the Queen, by the way?),
but if you call something a "distinguished type" I will have zero
trouble remembering that it's a new type created out of thin air by
distinguishing it from an existing type.
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