Re: GObject-Introspection 0.5.0

[Paolo Bonzini <bonzini gnu org>]

Mikkel Kamstrup Erlandsen wrote:
> 2008/9/7 Paolo Bonzini <bonzini gnu org>:
>>>> I'm leaning towards using the "ownership" terminology instead of "transfer".
>>>> typedef enum {
>>>>    GI_OWNERSHIP_CALLER, /* caller owns it, caller should free it after use */
>>>>    GI_OWNERSHIP_CALLEE  /* callee owns it, caller should leave it as it is */
>>>> } GITypeOwnership;
>>> Just as a nitpick, these two names look very similar and quite confusing
>>> for non-native English speakers.  Maybe you could come up with something
>>> different, especially in place of 'callee'?
>> It's actually commonly-used terminology, e.g. "caller-save registers"
>> vs. "callee-save registers" in compilers.
> 
> With all due respect I am not sure compiler-writers are the main
> audience of GObject Introspection. I for one find the terminology a
> bit confusing too.

What about "employer" and "employee" instead? :-)

Paolo