history/semantics of uint32_t name

[Bill Spitzak]

The word "name" strongly implies that the data is a string. It does not
help that right next to it is "interface" which *is* a string.

Some variation of "server's id" would be clearer.

On Fri, Apr 1, 2016 at 12:59 AM, Pekka Paalanen <ppaalanen at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Fri, 1 Apr 2016 09:44:07 +0800
> Jonas Ådahl <jadahl at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > On Thu, Mar 31, 2016 at 06:48:06PM -0500, Yong Bakos wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > > I've been investigating the semantics of the name parameter within
> > > the wl_registry interface, prompted by a recent dialog regarding my
> > > patch of arg summary attributes in wayland.xml.
>
> > I can't say for sure the reason behind using "name", but using "id"
> > would potentially be confused with the object "id"'s.
>
> This potential confusion is exactly the reason. Names are not ids.
>
>
> Thanks,
> pq
>
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