On Feb 11, 2011, at 13:31, Grigory Petrov wrote: > I'm learning subversion API right now and examining it's source code and > examples. It's a lot of things in subversion source code that is called a > "baton". For example, svn_cmdline_create_auth_baton() create "auth baton", > and callbacks takes callback function pointer and, again, batons. I never > heard of a term "baton" related to the programming. That is the "baton" > concept subversion source code refers to? Maybe i can read somewhere about > "batons" used in programming? Or is it a well-known term of some origin?
Google search for "subversion baton" gives: http://svn.haxx.se/dev/archive-2002-07/0396.shtml
