Nitpick: KAuthorized

George Staikos staikos at kde.org
Wed Oct 12 17:20:44 BST 2005


On Wednesday 12 October 2005 09:26, 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 ;)

  I agree.  I felt the same when I saw it, but elected to be quiet after the 
last 2^n fights I started. ;)

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