Re: [PATCH v9 11/20] ref-filter: introduce refname_atom_parser()

> Karthik Nayak <karthik.188@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> +symref::
>> +     The ref which the given symbolic ref refers to. If not a
>> +     symbolic ref, nothing is printed. Respects the `:short` and
>> +     `:strip` options in the same way as `refname` above.
>> +
>
> I am slightly unhappy with this name.  If we had an atom that lets
> you ask "Is this a symref?" and yields "" or "->", it could also be
> called symref, and we would name it "is_symref" or something to
> disambiguate it.  Then it is only fair to give this one that lets
> you ask "What does this symref point at?" a bit more specific name,
> like "symref_target" or something.
>
> But probably I am worried too much.  "is_symref", if necessary, can
> be written as "%(if:notequals=)%(symref)%(then)...%(else)...%(end)"
> and it is not likely that it would be used often, so let's keep it
> as-is.