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<HR><H2>Re: [COLD] controlling object of a task (user()/controller()/etc)</H2>
<H3>daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Tue Apr 23 20:42:22 1996
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Date: Tue, 23 Apr 1996 17:04:18 -0700 (PDT)
From: No one of any consequence &lt;seanl@beef.bovine.com&gt;
To: Brandon Gillespie &lt;brandon@tombstone.sunrem.com&gt;
cc: coldstuff@cold.org
In-Reply-To: &lt;Pine.BSF.3.91.960423171421.11050A-100000@tombstone.sunrem.com&gt;

I vote for client(), since it's short, and since the client is typically 
the end making the request, it seems appropriate to me.

On Tue, 23 Apr 1996, Brandon Gillespie wrote:

&gt; Ok, it sounds like the general concept is accepted (assuming this since 
&gt; everybody I talked to and those on the list instantly jumped to syntax :)
&gt; 
&gt; Frankly I would rather use 'user()' because it is short, it is not always 
&gt; conceptually correct--which is also a large drawback for me.  The two goals
&gt; I have with naming it are: ease of use (I really dont like long function 
&gt; names in high-use positions) and appropriateness.  Since I plan on 
&gt; evolving ColdC more and more to handle more tasks, I'd like to keep 
&gt; appropriateness in mind.  Anybody have a thesarus?  :)  Suggestions on 
&gt; the table:
&gt; 
&gt;      controller()      -- most appropriate, too bulky and long
&gt;      server()
&gt;      con()
&gt;      user()
&gt;      requestor()
&gt;      client()
&gt; 
&gt; (I forget any others...)
&gt; 
&gt; I'm actually liking 'client()' or 'server()' (both are appropriate, 
&gt; depending upon the point of view you are taking).
&gt; 
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