Re: [PATCH 2/5] t/test-terminal: avoid non-inclusive language
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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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- Sep 16, 2020, 21:25 UTC
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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> writes:
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> "Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget" <gitgitgadget@gmail.com> > writes: > >> From: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de> >> >> In the ongoing effort to make the Git project a more inclusive place, >> let's try to avoid names like "master" where possible. > > The two sides of a PTY are called 'master' and 'slave', and I > understand there is a push to move away from these words, but > calling one side with an invented name that is used by nobody else > in the context of talking about PTY, while keeping the word used to > call the other side, would lead to confusion. > > A better change is to drop "master_" altogether without replacing > the word with anything, and call them just "input", "output" and > "error".
If we really want to use a replacement word for 'master' instead of just dropping, I may be inclined to suggest 'parent', in the hope that PTY implementors will start following what Python folks are doing, at which time they will give us a synonym for 'slave' method called 'child' we can use.