[Dev] New name for the TrunkParentBlock mechanism

[Jeffrey Harris]

Hi Folks,

+1 to branch point.

Branch point has the minor disadvantage that every time we see this, us
math major's will think of complex analysis branch points and branch
cuts (for those of you who are both non-math people and masochists:
<http://mathworld.wolfram.com/BranchCut.html> and
<http://mathworld.wolfram.com/BranchPoint.html> ).

I'm sure I can get over that. :)

Sincerely,
Jeffrey


> Combining other's suggestions, I think the term "branch point" captures
> the idea best.  So I vote for BranchPointBlock and BranchBlock, as
> illustrated by hacking Katie's ascii art:
> 
> On Oct 5, 2005, at 12:14 PM, Katie Capps Parlante wrote:
> 
>> Pardon the terrible ascii art here, but it helps me to have a picture:
> 
> Ascii art is easy to hack!
> 
>>
>>       *
>>       |
>>    ----------
>>    |        |
>>    *        * <-- BranchPointBlock
>>   ----
>>   |  |
>>   *  *
>>
>>             * <-- BranchBlock
>>             |
>>           ----
>>           |  |
>>           *  *
>>
> 
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