Re: offtopic: looking for a name for a concept


"Corno" <Corno@dds%FAKE%.nl> wrote in message
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> Hi all,
>
> I'm looking for a word and I hope that you can help me out.
> Is there a name for the supertype of which both parameters and variables
> are subtypes of.
> So far, the best I could come up with is 'referencable' as they are both
> referencable.
> Is there any better word?

In my opinion, a parameter IS a variable, so they are both instances of
variable. You might wish to dinstinguish between parameters and local
variables.


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