Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 10 May 2005 13:11:57 -0700 | From | Hans Reiser <> | Subject | Re: file as a directory |
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Sean McGrath wrote:
> >>>> What is an opaque name? >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> By "opaque name" I mean a name that is purely a label. A name that >>> cannot be interpreted as a query expression. >>> >> >> >> Isn't query just another name for name? >> >> >> > That is a major philosophical nugget :-) > > I recommend Saul Kripke's Naming and Necessity: > http://www.answers.com/topic/saul-kripke > > Sean > > > > I suggest considering your opaque names to be what reiser4 calls "keys", that is, names that exist for the purpose of finding the object via the storage layer.
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