"aka" is cool. I'll throw a few suggestions: * mask * camo * pose * cover * veil * guise
But yeah, "aka" is probly the best bet. On Tue, Jan 04, 2005 at 02:55:08PM -0800, David Wheeler wrote: > On Jan 4, 2005, at 2:47 PM, Bruce J Keeler wrote: > > >I've always felt that this one should have a lowercase name, since it's > >rather pragma-ish. Are pragmas allowed outside of the core Perl > >distribution? Maybe it should be submitted as a core pragma, actually. > >It's a really lightweight beast, and very useful. Would certainly get > >my vote. > > I agree that it should be lowercased; yes, there are modules on CPAN > that look like pragmas (such as only). I personally would prefer, > however, that the name tell me that it's doing something more than > loading a class; "class" and "module" don't do that. Here are some > other options: > > * alias (too close to "Aliased"?) > * nickname > * moniker > * pseudonym > * aka > * anonym > * handle (not a file handle, though, might be confusing) > * label > * term > * shortcut > > I kind of like "aka", actually. But nickname, moniker, and shortcut are > all good, too. > > Just my $0.02. > > Regards, > > David >
