On Jun 1, 2013, at 3:58 PM, Darin Adler <[email protected]> wrote: > On May 31, 2013, at 8:01 PM, Glenn Adams <[email protected]> wrote: > >> One thing that always threw me was the term "Atomic" in the class name. I >> wonder if the term "InternedString" would make it usage more apparent. > > I personally love the name AtomicString (the string of tomorrow) and have > been using that name for it for the past 10 years, but I see that > InternedString is what this would be called in Java and .NET context so I > guess we could change to help people familiar with those.
If we were to change the name, I'd go with Symbol or Atom. But I think AtomicString is a fine name and I don't think InternedString is better. All plausible names I can think of are jargon that you have to learn the first time if you don't know it. Regards, Maciej
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