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From: owner-spf-discuss(_at_)v2(_dot_)listbox(_dot_)com
[mailto:owner-spf-discuss(_at_)v2(_dot_)listbox(_dot_)com] On Behalf Of Chris
Haynes
Sent: vrijdag 20 mei 2005 19:22
To: spf-discuss(_at_)v2(_dot_)listbox(_dot_)com
Subject: Re: [spf-discuss] Results from the SPF council
review on I-D issues.
"wayne"asked:.
The suggested names that I have heard are:
* sign
* mode
* indicator
* action
* result
* match-result
I _do_ feel a change to a functional name is valuable.
I vote for 'action' or 'result'.
The only really proper term, IMHO, is "qualifier".
The rest is just slightly off. "pass" and "fail", etc, these are
themselves results, so it cannot be 'result'. Nor are they an 'action'
really (though they prompt to action). 'sign' is also a bit crooked, as
usually only + and - are associated with 'sign' (don't beat me up over
this one; I am not a mathematician). Nor is it really itself a 'mode' (of
operation; though, like above, it suggests one). 'indicator' is, in turn,
too barren, so to speak, as it lacks the suggestion for action.
Therefore, I believe "qualifier" has it all: it qualifies the result (it
'indicates' a result + suggests 'action').
I am not horribly hung up on the matter, btw, as this is a relative
trivial issue.
- Mark
System Administrator Asarian-host.org
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