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SubjectRe: file as a directory
Sean McGrath wrote:

>
>>>> What is an opaque name?
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>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> By "opaque name" I mean a name that is purely a label. A name that
>>> cannot be interpreted as a query expression.
>>>
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>> Isn't query just another name for name?
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> That is a major philosophical nugget :-)
>
> I recommend Saul Kripke's Naming and Necessity:
> http://www.answers.com/topic/saul-kripke
>
> Sean
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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.

Hans
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