Re: [boost] [system] system-0.2 request for comments

From: Rene Rivera (grafikrobot_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-07-24 21:18:12

Beman Dawes wrote:
> "Jeff Garland" <jeff_at_[hidden]> wrote in message 
> news:44C3FB5B.8010604_at_crystalclearsoftware.com...
>> Gennaro Prota wrote:
> 
>>> About the name, isn't "identifier" meant as "something which gives an
>>> identity" rather than as "C++ grammar identifier"?
>> I guess my issue is that identifier normally means the name of a type
>> instance....so that's a point of confusion for me at least.
> 
> I think of identifier mostly in database terms. For example, in the 
> geographic applications I do, there are types CountryId, PostalCodeId, 
> StateId, CountyId, LocalityId, NeighborhoodId, StreetId, StreetNameId, etc, 
> etc. It is very easy to mix them up, so having separate types lets the 
> compiler detect these mixups.
> 
> That isn't to say a better name can't be found. I just haven't heard one yet 
> that I like better.

In the database domain I tend to use "key" mostly because of the loaded, 
and equivalent, meaning it has in the relation (SQL) realm.

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