Nitpick: KAuthorized

Thiago Macieira thiago at kde.org
Wed Oct 12 14:38:29 BST 2005


Hamish Rodda wrote:
>Hi,
>
>I'm proposing a small name change for this new class: it makes more
> sense for it to be called "KAuthority" from an english point of view,
> so calls will end up being KAuthority::authorize(...)
>
>definitions plagiarised from the web:
>Authority: power to influence or command (thought, opinion, or) behavior
>Authorized: endowed with authority
>
>ie, to me Authorized suggests that the authorization has already been
> granted.
>
>Just my 2c... it's less painful to change now than later ;)

Other options:

Kiosk
KPolicy
KioskPolicy
KWaldo

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