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Re: [Libguestfs] [PATCH] docs: Prefer 'cookie' over 'handle'



On Sat, Mar 04, 2023 at 10:03:46PM +0200, Nir Soffer wrote:
> On Sat, Mar 4, 2023 at 12:15 AM Eric Blake <eblake@redhat.com> wrote:
> > Makes no difference to implementations (other than older code
> > still using 'handle' may be slightly harder to tie back to the spec).
> 
> To avoid confusion with older code that carefully used "handle" to match
> the spec, maybe add a note that "cookie" was named "handle" before?

Yes, this. I'm happy with renaming it cookie (it makes sense), but there
is a *lot* of stuff out there that calls it "handle" (including a
wireshark plugin) and it would be confusing if that link isn't available
anywhere.

-- 
     w@uter.{be,co.za}
wouter@{grep.be,fosdem.org,debian.org}

I will have a Tin-Actinium-Potassium mixture, thanks.


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