Sean McGrath wrote: > >>>> What is an opaque name? >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> By "opaque name" I mean a name that is purely a label. A name that >>> cannot be interpreted as a query expression. >>> >> >> >> Isn't query just another name for name? >> >> >> > That is a major philosophical nugget :-) > > I recommend Saul Kripke's Naming and Necessity: > http://www.answers.com/topic/saul-kripke > > Sean > > > > I suggest considering your opaque names to be what reiser4 calls "keys", that is, names that exist for the purpose of finding the object via the storage layer.
Hans
