Junio C Hamano wrote: > Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason <avarab@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > > > I suggested in [1] that the "alice" and "bob" examples in our > > documentation would be better written without a reference to such > > fictional characters, for reasons that have nothing to do with trying > > to bend over backwards to avoid any reference to people's gender. It > > just makes for better documentation. > > I actually do not mind cast of characters with concrete names, > especially when there are more than three parties involved and > having names for them help clarify the description. But I agree > with you that Alice and Bob should be reserved for situations where > appearance of Eve would reasonably be anticipated, or the use of > these two names become distracting to those who happen to be aware > how these characters are often used in CS literature. > > Perhaps s/Alice/Tabby/ and s/Bob/Fido/ or something like that ;-)? I don't know anybody named Tabby or Fido (or at least any human). Maybe Mary and John, or Linda and James. -- Felipe Contreras
