Re: Need help in naming a variable

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(you :wrote :on '(Sat, 09 Jun 2007 07:08:32 -0700))
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T> Can it be something shorter like path-designator (too vague/
T> misleading?)?

i it's too vague, pick one-two letter name, like f (file), s (stream), fd
(file descriptor) or whatever.
you can describe meaning in documentation or comment, but it won't bloat
code.

if it's parameter that describes where to write something to, why don't call
it "to" or "target"?

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"I am everything you want and I am everything you need")


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