Re: [doc] User Manual Suggestion

From: David Abrahams <dave@boostpro.com>
Date: Apr 25, 2009, 00:48 UTC
Message-ID: <B8EE4B7B-CBCE-47D6-97B2-2F505A218B58@boostpro.com>
In-Reply-To: <b4087cc50904241701jb78ce50m122fef475b0f1de7@mail.gmail.com>

On Apr 24, 2009, at 8:01 PM, Michael Witten wrote:

>> What's wrong with just calling the object name "object name"?
>
> What's wrong with calling the object address "object address"?

Neither captures the connection to the object's contents. I think "value ID" would be closer, but it's probably too horrible.

-- David Abrahams BoostPro Computing http://boostpro.com

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