Re: [boost] Re: resource manager naming

From: Larry Evans (jcampbell3_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-02-27 10:37:02

Alisdair Meredith wrote:
> Phil Nash wrote:
> 
[snip]
> Final disorganised point <g>  When you think 'pointer' without a
> context, what concept do you associate first?  Resource-manager?  Or
> dereferencable?  The very name suggests the latter to me!  [Which could
> be why I have such a hard time with pointers-that-don't-point]
> 
Would the GOF name, proxy, be too non-specific?  Policy names might provide
the specifics (whether it's a pointer or a resource).