Martin Wille wrote: > Otherwise, I completely agree with Joel's reasoning that > "resource" is the best name.
I have mulled it over for a while, and tried to imagine myself coming at the issue for the first time, as someone learning C++ rather than learning/devising new tricks. In this case, I find resource seems to work best, even though it is not my original term of choice. I certainly prefer it over anything with an abbreviation which may work for native English speakers might break the word-association for the rest [maybe being overly patronising here, after all it's not MY problem <g>] It's short enough, it's a noun, it carries less baggage for other applications than most the other suggested terms. I suspect once we are used to it (assuming it is chosen), we will wonder what the naming problem was! But as so often in software, finding the right name is the hardest part of the problem <g> [Especially for the more fundamental concepts] -- AlisdairM _______________________________________________ Unsubscribe & other changes: http://lists.boost.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/boost