Re: [doc] User Manual Suggestion

From: Mark Lodato <lodatom@gmail.com>
Date: May 3, 2009, 01:18 UTC
Message-ID: <ca433830905021818v5c99cce4q57902eba8ff3d7fc@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <b4087cc50905021613j1d269757g8c599b484208c188@mail.gmail.com>

2009/5/2 Michael Witten <mfwitten@gmail.com>:

> I also dislike the use of 'name' rather than 'hash'; a name is
> something provided by the user, but a hash is something computed. The
> use of sha[-]1 is even more egregious.

What about "identifier" as a compromise between "hash" and "name"? This is really what we're talking about - a way of identifying objects.

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