Hi Junio, On Wed, 16 Sep 2020, Junio C Hamano wrote: > Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > > > "Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget" <gitgitgadget@xxxxxxxxx> > > writes: > > > >> From: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@xxxxxx> > >> > >> In the ongoing effort to make the Git project a more inclusive place, > >> let's try to avoid names like "master" where possible. > > > > The two sides of a PTY are called 'master' and 'slave', and I > > understand there is a push to move away from these words, but > > calling one side with an invented name that is used by nobody else > > in the context of talking about PTY, while keeping the word used to > > call the other side, would lead to confusion. > > > > A better change is to drop "master_" altogether without replacing > > the word with anything, and call them just "input", "output" and > > "error". > > If we really want to use a replacement word for 'master' instead of > just dropping, I may be inclined to suggest 'parent', in the hope > that PTY implementors will start following what Python folks are > doing, at which time they will give us a synonym for 'slave' method > called 'child' we can use. Good idea! Thanks, Dscho
