Mikkel Kamstrup Erlandsen wrote:
> 2008/9/7 Paolo Bonzini <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>>>> I'm leaning towards using the "ownership" terminology instead of
>>>> "transfer".
>>>> typedef enum {
>>>> GI_OWNERSHIP_CALLER, /* caller owns it, caller should free it after use
>>>> */
>>>> GI_OWNERSHIP_CALLEE /* callee owns it, caller should leave it as it is
>>>> */
>>>> } GITypeOwnership;
>>> Just as a nitpick, these two names look very similar and quite confusing
>>> for non-native English speakers. Maybe you could come up with something
>>> different, especially in place of 'callee'?
>> It's actually commonly-used terminology, e.g. "caller-save registers"
>> vs. "callee-save registers" in compilers.
>
> With all due respect I am not sure compiler-writers are the main
> audience of GObject Introspection. I for one find the terminology a
> bit confusing too.
What about "employer" and "employee" instead? :-)
Paolo
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