Re: [PATCH 2/5] t/test-terminal: avoid non-inclusive language

> Hi Junio,
>
> On Wed, 16 Sep 2020, Junio C Hamano wrote:
>
>> Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> writes:
>>
>> > "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.
>
> Good idea!