[haiku-development] Re: RFC: password roster API

  • From: "Axel Dörfler" <axeld@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: haiku-development@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2011 09:55:12 +0100 (MET)

Ingo Weinhold<ingo_weinhold@xxxxxx> wrote:
> > According to http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/roster the 2nd
> > definition is an "itemized list", so I would think it still fits well
> > enough.
[...]
> be (semi-)public. That doesn't feel right for a private password/key store,
> which, if I understand it correctly, this is what the class is actually 
> about.

Okay, you convinced me :-)

> > Before introducing a public *Manager class, I would prefer to call it
> > something like BKeychain.
> I guess more correctly: BKeyChain.

Even though m-w doesn't list them, I often see keychain as well as keyring 
written in a single word, although I agree that it feels more natural in two 
words. Anyway, ...

> But, since it contains key rings, 
> BKeyStore or BKeySafe seem more fitting.

... agreed. I like BKeyStore best, and will use that then.

Bye,
    Axel.


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