Re: [boost] Re: IOStreams formal review start

From: Rob Stewart (stewart_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-09-03 23:30:09

From: "Jonathan Turkanis" <technews_at_[hidden]>
> 
> >    Sentence: "Sources, Sinks and their refinements are called
> >       resources."
> >
> >    The term is overused in  programming. Maybe "data resources"
> >    or "data-module" or so would be better.
> 
> I know that 'resource' is a loaded term ;-) but I couldn't think of anything
> better. 'Data-module' doesn't seem very descriptive. Unfortunately, the standard
> term seems to be "Source/Sink" -- which I find ugly.

FWIW, I don't think "resource" captures the idea very well and I
do agree that "source" and "sink" are rather technical, so they
aren't so good, general purpose words.  A term used for physical
sources and sinks and, colloquially, for their drivers, is
"device."  Other choices: gadget, terminus, endpoint.  Among
these, I like "endpoint" best.  It even captures the notion that
they must be at one end or the other of a chain.

> >    Sentence:
> >       "... and modifies it before returning it to the user."
> >    should be
> >       "... and modifies or eliminates it before returning it to the user."
> 
> Isn't elimination a type of modification?

Well, yes, but I think his change clarifies that the filter can
skip input, not just change it from one thing to another.

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