On Fri, Jan 28, 2011 at 12:50 PM, Gregory Crosswhite <gcross@phys.washington.edu> wrote:
Hey everyone,
To gather more data about what the community thinks an immutable byte sequence data structure should be called (given that "string" has already been taken), I have created the following poll:
https://catalyst.uw.edu/webq/survey/gcross/123312
If you have an opinion on the matter, please consider visiting the above link and submitting your favorite name.
Some names that have been tossed around are istring, immutable_string, chain, rope, yarn, twine, cord, but don't feel limited to these choices.
Cheers, Gregory Crosswhite
I suggested `bytes`. I think that this plays well with the STL style of keeping names short and succinct, and it also makes sense when considering that the compile-time constant ratio template is named `ratio`. To me, `chain`, `rope`, `yarn`, `twine`, and `cord` have special meanings or indicate something special about the implementation, especially `rope` and `cord` which make me think of the cord type that is provided with the Boehm garbage collector (http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Hans_Boehm/gc/gc_source/cordh.txt).